When you're cooking in the premier league of restaurants, when things go down, it has to be sorted immediately.

Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.

I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow.

Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.

Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results.

If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.

The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over.

Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters.

The problem with Yanks is they are wimps.

There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.

Push your limit to the absolute extreme.

Stay strong. Focus on the ultimate goal.

Wisdom of the Ages: "Boxing Day" In the UK, the day after Christmas is named after the first activity that takes place between husband and wife after the Christmas receipts are added up.

Reason's voice and God's Nature's and Duty's never are at odds.

I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody.

No work is stressful. It is your inability to manage your body, mind, and emotions that makes it stressful.

When you are aggrieved you learn.

Life is not worth living if I cannot have pasta or bread again.

I'm always looking for the comfiest place to lie down, like a cat.

Profound sincerity is the only basis of talent as of character.

Whenever I watch someone doing something, even if it doesn't turn out so great, I at least admire their intentions and stuff.