Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.
Strategy will compensate the talent. The talent will never compensate the strategy.
Do I shout, belittle or swear? No. I have sufficient confidence within myself to control my environment just by my presence, just by working hard and leading from the front.
I didn't understand myself well enough be an ambassador to my world, to inspire people to want to cook, to inspire young people to want to come into my industry.
I wasn't manufactured. I was cut from the cloth of the very old world of gastronomy. There was no such thing as celebrity chefs, chefs were trained and I like to think that I still represent those old values from that world and the opportunities that I am offered I often say no to.
I'm not a worrier. I like sleeping.
You have to shout in the kitchen to deliver the orders, to drive the troops, to get the food out. When you have a table of eight courses and everyone's having something different, you have a 15-second window to get it all together so no one at the table waits.
Have a heart that never hardens
Obama & McCain differ, but neither takes on corporations.
At some point, if you're changing a really deep-seated behavior, you're going to have a moment of weakness.
I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.