My father cried when I said I wanted to be a chef..

I love doing demonstrations. I think to be a great chef you have to be a great teacher. I love doing classes with people who love food and enjoy food….

When it comes to cooking and eating, I always try to preach that life is about moderation. Even if I'm having beef for dinner, it's probably going to….

As the competition goes further along, you start to see who's rising and who's falling..

Eating chicken without skin is like riding a bike without wheels.

Some of the greatest chefs in the world aren't classically trained. Thomas Keller - probably the greatest American chef ever to walk the earth - neve….

Never let the pressure get so big that you stop cooking and being who you are. I'm going to win or lose doing my food. Because when the pressure's on….

People come up to me all the time and say, 'Oh, I love to watch Food Network,' and I ask them what they cook, and they say, 'I don't really cook.' Th….

Things are going to go wrong. The great chefs are the ones that don't let it fluster them. They just move through it..

In Cleveland, I'm so fortunate that we're surrounded by farms with an endless variety of beautiful vegetables. For me, I always eat very tightly with….

My goal in 'Live to Cook' is to make great food more approachable for home cooks..

My restaurants are never opened on Thanksgiving; I want my staff to spend time with their family if they can. My feeling is, if I can't figure out ho….

Go to the grocery store and buy better things. Buy quality, buy organic, buy natural, go to the farmers market. Immediately that's going to increase ….

I think that any city created to be that over-the-top tends to be slightly inspiring, if not frightening. Vegas is all about people being amped up an….

Bacon is like a good pair of Levi's-it never goes out of style..

I make no bones about it. I have no understanding of pastry..

I think that's what being a chef is all about: camaraderie and teamwork. I never feel that it should be so cutthroat that you can't help the other ch….

Whats more important than recipes is how we think about food, and a good cookbook should open up a new way of doing just that..

Sitting down for dinner not only helps you learn, but also teaches you how to listen - which I feel is the most important skill to have. I remember a….

I always tell my employees, the busier it gets, the slower you should cook. When you run around like a crazy person, that's when things go wrong..

Because I'm so known as a meat-chef, when I talk about Meatless Monday some people look at me like I've lost my mind. I'm like, look, I'm not saying ….