Asian food is very easy to like because it hits your mouth very differently than European food does. In European food, there may be two things to hit - maybe sweet and salty, maybe salty-savory, … but Asian kind of works around, plus you have that distinct flavor that’s usually working in Asian food.

Many of them have accomplished a lot before they ever get to 'Top Chef' although they're not well known. The show just provides them with a platform. There's just one winner and on some seasons you can get numerous chefs that are really good. Even if they don't win, they're all talented.

Too often, chefs just want to experiment - they want to use liquid nitrogen before they know how to use heat.

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

'Chef' doesn't mean that you're the best cook, it simply means 'boss.'

Men with shaved heads are always better. Just ask my wife.

I dont know too many parents that want to feed their kids soda, but high-fructose corn syrup is cheap. The price of soda in 20 years has gone down 40 percent while the price of whole foods, fruits and vegetables, has gone up 40 percent and obesity goes up right along that curve.