I won't quit my day job. I like restaurants. I don't do a lot of television, either, even though people come to me with projects all the time. I have to spend time in the kitchen.

One thing I always say is being a great chef today is not enough - you have to be a great businessman.

Now everybody thinks that once you do Top Chef, then 13 weeks later you're a chef. Nobody wants to learn to cook anymore.

A good chef has to be a manager, a businessman and a great cook. To marry all three together is sometimes difficult.

I want to help build their basic food terminology.

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.

For me, cooking is an expression of the land where you are and the culture of that place.