I think I generally try to buy the best quality and keep it simple. I don't try to make too many decorations, too many things with it.

For example, you can eat a Caesar salad and say, "Wow, I ate so healthy today." You forget there was a quarter-cup of oil in there, and all the calories are from fat. So it's better if you eat a grilled chicken breast, some steamed brown rice, and a little salad with balsamic vinegar on top.

It is going to have healthy food and exercise mixed together. With smaller portions, and more exercise, you live a better life.

Nutrition is just so important to me, mostly especially for children.

I like to be firm. But it is easier to be nice than to be nasty.

I think the most important thing when you are in a competition and you have, let's say, ingredients you have to use make something you did already because none of the judges, you know, probably had it in our lifetime, so I think do something you feel confident with, not something completely new where you are not sure how many hours or how many minutes you have to cook it or if the seasoning is right or if the combinations of spices and herbs are right.

The most important thing for me is to really buy the best ingredient.