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.

I believe that London is the most exciting food city in Europe.

I used to write cookbooks. It was passion to try to bring healthy and fun recipes to people's homes. It was a way to bring my home to theirs.

Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors - it's how you combine them that sets you apart.

New Yorkers think they have everything, all the best art and music. But really L.A. is a better place.

I grew up so poor in Austria that we never took a vacation with my family.

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