When People Are Grownups They're Grown Ups.

Close Interaction With Farmers And Scientists Can Expose The Chef To New Flavours That Can Be Used To Delight Diners.

21 Years Ago When I Started Cooking, To Be A Cook Meant That You Were Going To Stay In The Basement. Being A Chef, You Would Never Be On A Book Tour. You Could Never Dream That 20 Years Later On You Would Be On A Book Tour. It Wasn't A Part Of Your Dreams Because It Was Just Totally Unrealistic. When Did Cooks - Restaurant Cooks, Not Cooks That Have 15,000 Television Shows - When Did Cooks Become Part Of Pop Culture The Way They Are?

I Started To Change. It Was Sort Of A Restaurant Mid-life Crisis, You Could Say. I Lost A Lot Of Confidence, Not So Much As A Father Or As A Friend, But As A Boss, As A Chef That's To Make Decisions Throughout The Day All The Time. I Just Slowly Started Burning Out. Once You Lose Your Confidence Like That, You Start Being Angry In The Kitchen. I Couldn't Recognize Myself Anymore. I Started Writing The Journal. It Was Never Meant To Be A Book, But The Editor At Phaidon Read Parts Of It. As Editors Do, I Guess.

I Know Every Movement Of My Kitchen.

I Think That In Our Part Of The World, Scandinavia, We Are One Of The Pioneers Of Showing That Gastronomy Can Be Something - High Gastronomy Can Be Something Very, Very Present And Doesnt Have To Involve, You Know, What Is Perceived As The Normal Luxury Items That Belong In A High Gastronomy Restaurant.