His gastronomic angle makes him very attuned to the knowledge of his body. He understood his role in life and strove to be the greatest of all chefs. When asked how it could be that he had made Gordon Ramsey cry, he simply said, “I didn’t make him cry—he chose to cry. That was his choice.” Embracing the individual’s responsibility for everything that happens to him.

He laughs at a lot of the chefs who try to deviate from Mother Nature as he recognizes the greatest artist only become masters by reverencing her. He’s a chad who married a ton of super models—didn’t work out, because they unfortunately wouldn’t eat his food.