Everything I learned and didn't do in New York I would put into place here in the London West Hollywood. It's fascinating, when you look at the critics' reviews, and we had a great one in the New York Observer and all that, and then the New York Times came and it was a devastation; two stars out of four. They said that I played safe because it wasn't fireworks. Then they judged the persona over the substance that was on the plate.

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Categorized in : Two New York Stars

Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.

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giving-up hard-work waiting

I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow.

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milk cows next

Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.

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insecure soul self

If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.

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ifs want chef

However amazing a dish looks, it is always the taste that lingers in your memory. Family and friends will appreciate a meal that tastes superb-even if you've brought the pan to the table.

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family-and-friends appreciate memories

The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over.

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ego sake games

Being a chef never seems like a job, it becomes a true passion.

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passion jobs chef

Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results.

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boisterous alive long

Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters.

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kitchen strong character

Initially let your food do the talking. You'll be surprised how far you go in a short period of time.

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periods talking

Push your limit to the absolute extreme.

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extremes absolutes limits

Stopping the junk food and Eating well is partially about cooking well and having the skills to do that.

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eating-well cooking skills

Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it's too assertive to the naked eye.

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passion cooking eye

There's no bigger pain anywhere in the world than a vegetarian.

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vegetarian pain world

There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.

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kitchen chef thinking

My childhood favourite is mum's shepherd's pie, Yorkshire pudding and roasted potatoes. I remember coming home from school and going to the kitchen to help her. It's because of her that I discovered my love for cooking.

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pie home school

I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword - two jackets, one that's driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man.

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hate men thinking

Best to start at the bottom & gradually climb up. It's much more fun, too.

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climbs bottom fun

I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure.

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Being assertive and somewhat really firm has to be backed up with being fair.

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being-assertive assertive firm