I Left School When I

For Me, Cooking Is An Expression Of The Land Where You Are And The Culture Of That Place.

I Believe That London Is The Most Exciting Food City In Europe.

Food Television Opened The Eyes, And Palates, Of Our Guests. They Became More Adventurous.

Television In The '80s Was Very Limited. There Was No Food Network. When I Opened Spago, I Had The Kitchen In The Dining Hall. It Was Probably The First Restaurant To Do So. The Dining Scene Became More Casual. All These Cooking Shows Have Transformed Our Profession One-hundred Percent.

One Of The Things I've Found Now, Not Just For Television, But In The Restaurant, Is That You Have Many Anxious Chefs, Who Know How To Cook Twenty Recipes Really Well, But They Don't Have A Good Foundation For Other Things.