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I'm not a celebrity chef. I'm a chef that happens to have television shows and a chef that happens to do media.

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.

I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher.

The one thing I like about being a celebrity more than anything is being able to get into any restaurant I want.

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.

When I moved to Los Angeles, I was cooking with two guys who became celebrity chefs, if you will. I became their sous chef for awhile. We'd go to all the big names in Hollywood.

I have real admiration for chefs who can maintain an edge and find new inspiration in their cooking after many years.

To me, there are two types of celebrity: there's good celebrity - people that are attracted to the food and working and trying to create something great - and then there's bad celebrity - those who are working on being a celebrity.

I wasn't passionate about food until I'd been cooking for a while. I started long before food became part of the mainstream media. I just wanted to cook, period.

I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.