A Steak Needs Fat To Taste Great.

When I Was 26, 27 Years Old I Was Running A Kitchen In New York, And I Was A Raving Lunatic. The Older You Get, You Figure Out You Don't Need To Do That. You Realize At A Certain Point, There's A Certain Gravity To What You Say And What You Do. If That's Not Enough, All The Yelling In The World Is Not Going To Matter.

I'd Like To See 'top Chef: Amateur'. Sometimes We Have An Amateur Chef On The Show And They Just Can't Cut It Against The Pros But There Are Some Great Stories There.

I Call All Chefs Cooks. They're All Cooks. That's What We Do, We Cook. You're A Chef When You're Running A Kitchen.

I Can't Deliver Lines, But I Can Talk About Food All Night Long.

I Think The Patterns Are Set Very Early When The Kids Are Young. But At The Same Time, There Are Some Flavors Kids Just Don't Like.