The usage of proper salt is really just a small piece of education. However, I want people to really get the proper nutrition from food for them and their family.

Omelets are about technique. Now, different people make it different ways, but, if you're a chef in Europe, an omelet has to be cooked on the outside, with just a simmer of color, and the inside has to be soft. It should be cooked like a steak - medium rare.

I've discussed this with many doctors, and it is just so imperative that people learn how to properly cook food to get those vital nutrients out of them.

I think the time of the formal dinners is over.

It's an interesting thing, Top Chef. Some of the contestants will make you one great dish, and then make you something on the next show that will make you say, "Is that the same person?"

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

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