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It's My Belief That Cooking Is A Craft. I Think That You Can Push It Into The Realm Of Art, But It Starts With Craft. It Starts With An Understanding Of Materials. It Starts With An Understanding Of Where Foods Are Grown.

Too Often, Chefs Just Want To Experiment - They Want To Use Liquid Nitrogen Before They Know How To Use Heat.

Recipes Tell You Nothing. Learning Techniques Is The Key.

Many Of Them Have Accomplished A Lot Before They Ever Get To 'top Chef' Although They're Not Well Known. The Show Just Provides Them With A Platform. There's Just One Winner And On Some Seasons You Can Get Numerous Chefs That Are Really Good. Even If They Don't Win, They're All Talented.

When I Was 26, 27 Years Old I Was Running A Kitchen In New York, And I Was A Raving Lunatic. The Older You Get, You Figure Out You Don't Need To Do That. You Realize At A Certain Point, There's A Certain Gravity To What You Say And What You Do. If That's Not Enough, All The Yelling In The World Is Not Going To Matter.