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Masterchef Junior For Me Was About Working Closely With These Kids And Getting Them To Reeducate Their Parents To Understand That Food Is As Important Educationally As Math And English And It's Important That We Don't Take It For Granted.

It's Vulgar, Coming From Where I Do, To Talk About Money.

Customers Should Complain More. You Know, Food's Expensive Nowadays. And These Sommeliers Come Along With Their Thousand-page Wine List And Practically Throw It In Your Lap. They're All Businessmen And Know That Customers Get Intimidated And Buy Something Overpriced. I Say, Always Put Them On The Spot. 'you Come Back To Me With A Red Wine At $30, $40. Come Back To Me With A Choice.'

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.

Cooking Is About Passion, So It May Look Slightly Temperamental In A Way That It's Too Assertive To The Naked Eye.