Don't Try To Be The Next Rachael

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.

Grilling Outside With My Parents At The Jersey Shore. We Would Grill Lobster And Corn In The Summer.

I Was Hired As A Sous-chef At A Restaurant On The Upper East Side. The Chef Liked To Drink - Some Mornings We Would Find Him Sleeping. Two Weeks After Its Opening, I Became The Chef. I Was 20 Years Old, And Way Over My Head. I Had To Hire The Cooks And Do The Menus.

I Want To Go To College And Go Back To Georgetown. It's A Really Cool Place.

You Have To Have Your Face In The Food. These Days People Think A Tattoo And A Bottle Of Sriracha Equals Success.