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If You Want To Think About Cooking, And It's A High-five, Laid Back Motion, Then Flip Burgers And Dress Caesar Salad, Don't Try To Pitch In The Premier League Of Restaurant. Build Up To It, By All Means.

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.

If You Think Customers Are Impatient In New York, Wait To You See How Impatient They Are Here In L.a.

It's Learning Your Craft And Understanding What It Takes To Survive In This Industry. On The Back Of Exposure From Tv To Books To Rachel Ray To Martha Stewart, The Customer's Integrity Is Far Greater Than Every Before. As A Nation, Just Like The U.k., We Don't Complain Enough. The More We Complain In This Country The Better Our Restaurants Will Be.

Kitchens Are Hard Environments And They Form Incredibly Strong Characters.