I Had A Passion For Cooking, And

It Was My First Day Working At Tour D'argent, A Famous Restaurant In Paris, In 1982, And They Were Celebrating Their 400th Anniversary. I Am In The Fish Station And After Many Mistakes, Including Cutting Myself After 30 Seconds In That Kitchen, The Chef Said, "make A Hollandaise Sauce With 32 Yolks." It Takes Me Forever To Separate The Yolks From The Whites, And I Put Them In A Bowl And Try To Go Close To The Stove, But The Stove Is Way Too Hot For Me.

I Come From A Family Of Farmers On Both Sides Of My Family.

When I Was Twelve, I Decided To Become A Chef. I Stole A Book From The Library About The Greatest Restaurants In France. I'd Flip The Pages And Dream. I Should Return That Book To The Library Some Day.

For Me, Food Is About Memories, Feelings, Emotions, And So Is Le Bernardin, And That's Why It's Not Just A Restaurant.

The Importance Of Reading, For Me, Is That It Allows You To Dream. Reading Not Only Educates, But Is Relaxing And Allows You To Feed Your Imagination - Creating Beautiful Pictures From Carefully Chosen Words.