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Well, Cooking Starts With Shopping. If The Ingredients Are Not Good, You Don't Do It. Just Change Your Mind And Do Something Else.

When I Started To Work In Paris In Fine Dining, The Passion Really Kicked In, And I Knew That I Would Not, For The Rest Of My Life, Do Anything Else.

Cooking Is A Holistic Process Of Planning, Preparing, Dining And Sharing Food. I Place Food At The Center Of Our Humanity, As It Nourishes Not Only Our Physical Bodies But Also Our Emotional And Spiritual Lives. Food Is Truly A Cultural Phenomenon That Informs Our Traditions And Our Relationship With The Earth. I Genuinely Believe That Food Connects Us All.

In New York There Used To Be Some Very Good Clubs With Amazing Sound Systems. Techno Was Part Of The Process.

At 15, I Had To Choose A Vocational School, And I Was Delighted, Of Course, To Go To Culinary School. But Learning The Basics Was Not As Exciting As Being The Chef I Am Today.