At times, it was an incredible blessing to have all the attention; at times it was a logistical nightmare.

There really is a camaraderie among chefs and a willingness to help out whenever we can.

Flavor Five is a book with recipes using five ingredients to possibly be cooked in just five minutes. It will be very user-friendly for the home cook on the run.

I came literally to the table with a wealth of knowledge by simply understanding how food should taste.

As a restaurateur, my job is to basically control the chaos and the drama. There's always going to be chaos in the restaurant business.

It's a very, very difficult space to operate in, the restaurant business-it requires a lot of human beings to intersect at just the right place to make it all work out.

It is important to experiment and endlessly seek after creating the best possible flavours when preparing foods. That means not being afraid to experiment with various ingredients

Just over 800 people were gathered around the cooking stage, all eager to learn about my five-minute flavor cooking. The demonstration had to be done right then and there, in front of everyone.

Be curious, learn and read as much as you can about food. Don't worry about making money. Focus on learning at various venues before you settle down for a steady position.

We are offering to the American public a line of delicious Italian-American foods. They will be available through the Internet, shopping networks and national store distribution.

In all my work I like to convey the fact that I like cooks, that it's noble toil and that it is hard.

I'd run you know. It's like when you're really busy doing something and you don't have time to think about things. Well, I'd run and run and run so I couldn't think.

Charity begins at home.

I believe in striving for excellence. I sweat the big and small stuff! I do not apologize for this.

To be a musician, you have to be honest... to be honest... to be honest.

Life is the jailer of the soul in this filthy prison, and its only deliverer is death.

In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.

I have a horror of being in confined spaces. Potholing is my idea of hell.

You become courageous by doing courageous acts...Courage is a habit.

I honestly don't even really want to think about it [if Donald Trump wins]; I'd rather focus on how wonderful Hillary Clinton is.

I don't know why anybody would be in awe of me.