A Chef Is A Mixture Maybe Of

I Want To Teach [people] The Secret Of Great Visual Presentation. Your Stomach Sees The Food First, And I Want To Help Them Match Food Flavor Profiles With The Aesthetics Of Everything.

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.

Young People Want To Be Famous Before They Know How To Cook, Before They Know How To Treat People, Before They Know What Hospitality Means. I Stayed In France For Seven Years And Austria For Three, So Before I Was A Chef Anywhere I Was Already Cooking For 10 Years.

It's Easier Being A Judge Than A Competitor. As A Judge, You Don't Have Any Risks. That Makes It Much More Enjoyable.

My Passion For Writing Cookbooks Really Came From My Love Of Collecting Cookbooks.