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You Don't Become A Chef To Become Famous.

At 15, I Had To Choose A Vocational School, And I Was Delighted, Of Course, To Go To Culinary School. But Learning The Basics Was Not As Exciting As Being The Chef I Am Today.

We Lived In St. Tropez When I Was Young, And There Were A Lot Of Vietnamese Refugees In France At The Time, After The War. My Mother Had Many Vietnamese Friends Who Entertained A Lot, And She Was Taught How To Make That Spring Roll. She Would Make Them All The Time.

America Is A Such A Melting Pot, I'm Not Sure If Roast Chicken Is The Classic Comfort Food For Everybody.

I Had A Passion For Cooking, And I Was A Very Bad Student.