You Know How Arrogant The French Are

If You Become A Chef Because You're Obsessed By Becoming A Celebrity, Getting My Ass Kicked And Working My Nuts Off The Way I Did In France And Getting Pushed Around Those Kitchens Wasn't About Becoming Famous.

I Think Every Chef, Not Just In America, But Across The World, Has A Double-edged Sword - Two Jackets, One That's Driven, A Self-confessed Perfectionist, Thoroughbred, Hate Incompetence And Switch Off The Stove, Take Off The Jacket And Become A Family Man.

I Am What I Am. A Fighter.

The Thing Is, I Can Teach. I Can Teach Bloody Well. So Few Chefs Have That Level Of Generosity. I Demand A Lot, A F***ing Hell Of A Lot, But I Give A Lot Back.

I Train My Chefs Completely Different To Anyone Else. My Young Girls And Guys, When They Come To The Kitchen, The First Thing They Get Is A Blindfold. They Get Blindfolded And They Get Sat Down At The Chef's Table... Unless They Can Identify What They're Tasting, They Don't Get To Cook It.