For me, thats one of the important things about cooking. What was good enough yesterday may not be good enough today.

Hopefully, imparting what's important to me, respect for the food and that information about the purveyors, people will realize that for a restaurant to be good, so many pieces have to come together.

Food is such an important part of our lives, and sometimes we tend to diminish the importance of that, because we rely on conveniences or because our lives are so complicated. We forget about those moments that we can actually share around the table with our family, with our friends, with our loved ones.

Success is measured by the memories you create.

But once in a while you might see me at In and Out Burger; they make the best fast food hamburgers around.

Vegetables to me are - I don't want to say the most exciting part of cooking, but certainly a very exciting part of cooking, because they continue to change. They come into season and they go through different phases.

I wanted to learn everything I could about what it takes to be a great chef. It was a turning point for me.