There's a lot of processed food in America and I know that can make some tourists who're used to fresh food feel sick.

When you meet someone, ask about what hobby they have, not what they do. People always ask me about cooking, but I prefer to talk about tennis or boxing.

The only way to teach people how to truly do it and do it the right way, is to get those ingredients and kitchen tools in front of them and in their hands to use.

One of the things I've found now, not just for television, but in the restaurant, is that you have many anxious chefs, who know how to cook twenty recipes really well, but they don't have a good foundation for other things.

Prep things in advance so that you don't have to cook everything at the last moment.

America has undergone a total food and wine revolution.

I left school when I was 14 to work in kitchens.