Everyone Needs A Mentor.

If You Don't Follow Your Dream, Who Will?

I Moved To Louisiana To Become The Executive Chef At Commander's Place. And I Must Say I Had Some Encouragement From Friends Such As Ella Brennan, The Queen Of The New Orleans's Culinary Set, And Others. This Was Very Flattering To A Young Man With A Dream. I Was Only 26 Years Old.

I Respected It. I Submerged Myself Into It. So On A Lot Of Days Off I Would Go And Fish With The Fishermen And The Families That Ran The Boats. I Would Go Work The Fields With Farmers. I Would Go And Talk With Farmers About Growing Particular Products For Me.

We're Setting Up An Urban Farm For Kids On More Than 20 Acres In New Orleans. We Want To Make This A World-class Educational Center For The Community.

My Favorite Aspen Memory Is Saving An Upside-down Cake That Had Exploded From The High Altitude.