Everybody these days wants to be a star, including myself. Don't get me wrong, I'm a chef but you want to market yourself and your projects.
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You have to be a star to be in this business.
A lot of people call me a celebrity chef, but I don't think that I'm a celebrity. So I want to stay keeping just a chef. That's more comfortable.
You know how there are some stars out there who know how to market themselves? I don't have that.
I'm not a celebrity chef. I'm a chef that happens to have television shows and a chef that happens to do media.
Honestly... I only get starstruck over chefs.
It is great to add some glamour to the food industry, like television shows have done for the food world and inspiring people to work in the industry. The flip side of that is unfortunately people think that after they get their qualifications, they get their invitation to compete on 'Top Chef.'
I don't consider myself a rock star chef, I really don't. I cook for a living and I try to help out as many people as I can in my life and that's all I care about. I don't care about the fame of television, I use to a lot.
There are advantages to being a star though - you can always get a table in a full restaurant.
The opportunity to be a star chef, to imagine it would be here in Las Vegas, I couldn't comprehend it.
Chefs don't become chefs just to earn stars - that's not the goal.