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Most Cooks Try To Learn By Making Dishes. Doesnt Mean You Can Cook. It Means You Can Make That Dish. When You Can Cook Is When You Can Go To A Farmers Market, Buy A Bunch Of Stuff, Then Go Home And Make Something Without Looking At A Recipe. Now Youre Cooking.

A Couple Of Months Ago, I Was Down In Florida For The Food And Wine Festival. And This Journalist Grabbed Me And Said, 'how Does It Feel To Be A Tv Guy? You're No Longer In The Restaurant Business.' And I Laughed. I Asked Him, 'how Long Do You Think It Takes Me To Do A Season?' He Said, 'well, 200 Days.' And I Was Like, '200 Days? Try 20!'

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.

Every Season We Try To Do Something New. And Not For Gimmicks. We Feel The Show Has To Evolve And Keep Changing.

I Know From Personal Experience, If A Chef Yelled At Me In A Kitchen, The First Thing I'd Want To Do Is Hit Them With A Pot.