When I was 26, 27 years old I was running a kitchen in New York, and I was a raving lunatic. The older you get, you figure out you don't need to do that. You realize at a certain point, there's a certain gravity to what you say and what you do. If that's not enough, all the yelling in the world is not going to matter.
Tom ColicchioEvery season we try to do something new. And not for gimmicks. We feel the show has to evolve and keep changing.
Tom ColicchioWe're adults. We're the ones who should teach the kids what's good to eat. I don't think the government should ever regulate what we eat at home, but we're feeding them in school with tax dollars. Quite frankly, if my tax dollars are being spent to feed kids, I'd rather feed them better food.
Tom ColicchioToo often, chefs just want to experiment - they want to use liquid nitrogen before they know how to use heat.
Tom Colicchio