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.

Mushrooms can be very fancy. It's the closest you can get to eating dirt.

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

I have very good knife skills. I learned to butcher on my second job - I was 18 years old. Every other day we would break down six legs of veal.

I hate okra and grated mountain yam for the same reason. They're both slimy.

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

A lot of professions happen to be male-dominated because women drop out at a certain point. It's unfortunate.