Today, When I Hire, I Look For

If My Daughter Wants To Get Into This Business, I Would Support That Decision. She's Going To Have A Hard Time Not Being In It. She Loves Food And She's Around It All The Time.

I Can't Be On The Cheeseburger Diet All The Time.

I Seem To Respond Most To Places That Are More Cosmopolitan Because Of My Manhattan Upbringing. Some Of The Major International Cities I've Visited, Like Madrid, Rome And London, Have A Lot Of Similarities And "new York" Elements While ... Having Their Own Flavor.

I Was Hired As A Sous-chef At A Restaurant On The Upper East Side. The Chef Liked To Drink - Some Mornings We Would Find Him Sleeping. Two Weeks After Its Opening, I Became The Chef. I Was 20 Years Old, And Way Over My Head. I Had To Hire The Cooks And Do The Menus.

Don't Try To Be The Next Rachael Ray Or Bobby Flay, We Already Have Those People. We Want Someone Who Is Going To Make Their Own Mark On 'food Network.'