I Get Angry When I Think That

This Is What People Don't Understand: Obesity Is A Symptom Of Poverty. It's Not A Lifestyle Choice Where People Are Just Eating And Not Exercising. It's Because Kids - And This Is The Problem With School Lunch Right Now - Are Getting Sugar, Fat, Empty Calories - Lots Of Calories - But No Nutrition.

A Couple Of Months Ago, I Was Down In Florida For The Food And Wine Festival. And This Journalist Grabbed Me And Said, 'how Does It Feel To Be A Tv Guy? You're No Longer In The Restaurant Business.' And I Laughed. I Asked Him, 'how Long Do You Think It Takes Me To Do A Season?' He Said, 'well, 200 Days.' And I Was Like, '200 Days? Try 20!'

Once You Have Your Basics Down, You Can Start Breaking The Rules.

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.

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.