Recipes Tell You Nothing. Learning Techniques Is

I Call All Chefs Cooks. They're All Cooks. That's What We Do, We Cook. You're A Chef When You're Running A Kitchen.

When I Was 26, 27 Years Old I Was Running A Kitchen In New York, And I Was A Raving Lunatic. The Older You Get, You Figure Out You Don't Need To Do That. You Realize At A Certain Point, There's A Certain Gravity To What You Say And What You Do. If That's Not Enough, All The Yelling In The World Is Not Going To Matter.

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.

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.

In An Ideal World For Me, School Lunch Would Be Free For Everybody.