I'm gonna open a small restaurant on the beach in Mexico. We're only gonna have a few tables, and we're only gonna cook what's fresh that day. We're gonna get back to the basics.

I was raised not so much in a puritan environment, but for the most part, a pretty healthy one.

It's football all day on Sunday. I wish we had football every day; that would make me way happier. Why can't we have that? You've got all these teams! Why can't we just play a Monday game, a Tuesday game, a Wednesday game?

If I probably didn't have tattoos, or if I probably didn't bleach my hair, or if I probably didn't wear blue jeans and a T-shirt to fancy things, if I didn't do things that make me look like someone who's whacked out of their mind, it'd probably be different. But then again, that's how I wanna dress.

When someone is dying, there is nothing you really can do, it's a horrible situation, and... you just have to get through it.

Contrary to popular belief, I eat all types of food. Fried food is my least favorite.

When you love the competition, the opportunity to achieve at simple but challenging games, some people are really into it, and I'm one of them.

I think there's a misconception that I eat everything. The one or two bites that you see me take, that's it.

I'm a huge kale fan.

I never knew I would go this far, but I was told by people it wouldn't happen, and now I own four restaurants, and I have one of the best shows on the Food Network. I'm living in the Super Bowl of food.

I'm a collector, so I've got all kinds of sunglasses. I'd say I've got about a buck ten, buck twenty.

I look at a basketball laying on the ground, and it makes me think of something. Popcorn ball. How 'bout a spicy popcorn ball? That is how my mind is always working.

Whenever you get to change somebody's life or watch it and see it happen, it's amazing.

I'm in a very unique position in that I got to participate in the Food Network by contest. That's long gone, being voted on, but I don't forget where it came from, and I don't forget the people who worked to put me here.

I'm a big fan of doing 'Triple D.' But I don't want to do it forever, don't get me wrong! Travel away from my family, are you crazy? But do you know what it does for these mom-and-pop restaurant joints? It changes their lives forever. I mean, their businesses will never be the same.

I always tell my family - and they laugh about it - but someday, I will write a vegetarian book. My cousin, who's a big vegetarian, tells me flat out, 'You're my favorite vegetarian chef.'

I say to folks all the time, 'Watch what you're eating. You don't have to eat it all. Make conscious choices. It doesn't mean you have to starve yourself and eat carrots all day.' Have an awareness.

I love 'Iron Chef' and I love 'Chopped.' I watch both of them. I think it is crazy what those chefs go through.

I love to cook for people. It's my honor, honestly. It's what I have to give.

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

I take everything very seriously, but I also take it lighthearted to recognize that you can't control it.

I have a fond appreciation for the Canadian culture and the Canadian food scene in general.

I need to stay disciplined on the road. Too much food can wreck your palate.

Kids love food. It's about putting materials out there that get kids thinking about food - to get kids interacting about food. It's about simple things, like kids thinking about pasta - getting kids to work with food.