I'd like to see 'Top Chef: Amateur'. Sometimes we have an amateur chef on the show and they just can't cut it against the pros but there are some great stories there.

I call all chefs cooks. They're all cooks. That's what we do, we cook. You're a chef when you're running a kitchen.

Once you have your basics down, you can start breaking the rules.

I get angry when I think that people are blatantly incorrect on matters of fact.

I think the patterns are set very early when the kids are young. But at the same time, there are some flavors kids just don't like.

One of the first jobs I ever had was opening clams in a seafood restaurant, so I'm pretty quick at it.

I think the most effective way to run a kitchen is to teach, not to just yell.