There is no conflict between a better meal and a better world..

I only have the restaurant. If I do other things, it's only to do with the restaurant..

I know every movement of my kitchen..

If you see how a plant grows and you taste it in situ you have a perfect example of how it should taste on the plate..

I can't crack jokes because I don't have any..

A gastronomical supermeal didn't necessarily have to involve the things I had brought from other top kitchens..

That's how people make sense of a meeting: they eat something. If they were in a sad moment it would be the same thing, they'd be eating something. I….

The traditional roots of Scandinavian cuisine are not that spectacular, to say the least. When we write about the traditions that we are inspired by,….

I never cooked at home - my father was the chef..

I've never had anything but the freedom to do what I wanted just as long as it made me happy..

I started to change. It was sort of a restaurant mid-life crisis, you could say. I lost a lot of confidence, not so much as a father or as a friend, ….

The first book was out and for the first time we were on a book tour. Being the son of an immigrant, I'd never dreamt of being on book tours. Suddenl….

I just love this idea of using, especially in terms of food, using that common sense. If you follow that - it's hard to talk about it without soundin….

21 years ago when I started cooking, to be a cook meant that you were going to stay in the basement. Being a chef, you would never be on a book tour.….

You wake up, your life is discipline: there's kids, breakfast, lunch box, go to work, discipline, organization, guests. Imagine the semi-final of Sup….

Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home... and eating it..

All of the people who work in the kitchen with me go out into the forests and on to the beach. It's a part of their job. If you work with me you will….

Fine dining is an occasional treat for most people..