I'm Very Bad, But I Like To

When I Was Twelve, I Decided To Become A Chef. I Stole A Book From The Library About The Greatest Restaurants In France. I'd Flip The Pages And Dream. I Should Return That Book To The Library Some Day.

I Love Eggs. When It's The Season Of Truffles, Scrambled Eggs With Truffles, And I'm Happy. I'm Smiling Like That.

I Am An Audiophile. It's Almost Like A Virus. I'm Completely Crazy About The Quality Of Sound. It's Interesting And Painful At The Same Time; You Have To Really Spend A Lot Of Money On The Equipment.

It Was My First Day Working At Tour D'argent, A Famous Restaurant In Paris, In 1982, And They Were Celebrating Their 400th Anniversary. I Am In The Fish Station And After Many Mistakes, Including Cutting Myself After 30 Seconds In That Kitchen, The Chef Said, "make A Hollandaise Sauce With 32 Yolks." It Takes Me Forever To Separate The Yolks From The Whites, And I Put Them In A Bowl And Try To Go Close To The Stove, But The Stove Is Way Too Hot For Me.

Just Walking In The Kitchen (and We Have Three Kitchens At Le Bernardin), I Exercise Quite A Lot. I Also Walk In Central Park For 50 Minutes From My House To Le Bernardin Every Day, Rain, Shine, Snow.