We lived in St. Tropez when I was young, and there were a lot of Vietnamese refugees in France at the time, after the war. My mother had many Vietnam….

America is a such a melting pot, I'm not sure if roast chicken is the classic comfort food for everybody..

For me, food is about memories, feelings, emotions, and so is Le Bernardin, and that's why it's not just a restaurant..

I don't like it when I go to a restaurant and I'm lectured from the menu..

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..

I come from a family of farmers on both sides of my family..

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 o….

In a professional kitchen, the idea is to have your cooks not moving much while theyre cooking. You want them to stay in the same spot..

When I was twelve, I decided to become a chef. I stole a book from the library about the greatest restaurants in France. I'd flip the pages and dream….

You don't become a chef to become famous..

If I go to a nightclub, even if the music is good, if the sound system is not, I don't stay..

The importance of reading, for me, is that it allows you to dream. Reading not only educates, but is relaxing and allows you to feed your imaginati….

The fish is the star of the plate..

I had a passion for cooking, and I was a very bad student..

I don't follow the food trends..

Fast food is both evil and genius. Because of it we can feed a large number of people fairly decently at an affordable price. However, all the artifi….

When you serve lobster, you've taken a being's life away. Therefore if you create a recipe, you have to be very dedicated to elevate the lobster, to ….

The importance of reading, for me, is that it allows you to dream..

My New Year's resolution is to cut my diet sodas down to two cans a day!.

Just walking in the kitchen (and we have three kitchens at Le Bernardin), I exercise quite a lot. I also walk in Central Park for 50 minutes from my ….