I get influence from everybody and everything.
After a show, people say, ‘I bet you want to just sit back and relax.’ No way. First thing I want to do when I’m home is cook.
Everybody has their role in the food world and what they choose to appreciate. I’m not a fine dining chef. I appreciate it. I think Thomas Keller is amazing. But I really like where I’m at; I like what I do. I like how it makes people feel.
I am the worst at the grocery store. It turns into three carts. It turns into, ‘Oh did you see the truffle cheese? We’ve got to get the truffle cheese!’
It’s a life lesson they need to have, a skill everybody needs – to cook.
No one likes rubbery chicken.
I’m like anybody else. You get enough, you can get beat up. You can get hurt. You can get frustrated. You can get demoralized.
I never knew I would go this far, but I was told by people it wouldn’t happen, and now I own four restaurants, and I have one of the best shows on the Food Network. I’m living in the Super Bowl of food.
If I probably didn’t have tattoos, or if I probably didn’t bleach my hair, or if I probably didn’t wear blue jeans and a T-shirt to fancy things, if I didn’t do things that make me look like someone who’s whacked out of their mind, it’d probably be different. But then again, that’s how I wanna dress.
People are very phobic about fish. And if they do cook fish, they fry it, which kills all the flavor.
I’m a huge kale fan.
I’m not an actor. Lord knows, I’d be acting if I were an actor. What you see is what you get.
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