"We are not really privy to all that crazy stuff that goes on in the show. I go to work, eat, and talk about food. The wild things happen when we aren't around. I expected Top Chef to last three or four seasons and we are now shooting season ten."

"We're adults. We're the ones who should teach the kids what's good to eat. I don't think the government should ever regulate what we eat at home, but we're feeding them in school with tax dollars. Quite frankly, if my tax dollars are being spent to feed kids, I'd rather feed them better food."

"There's the issue of hunger, and there's an issue of if you're going to cut out food programs. We should be focusing on healthy food. Right now, fruits and vegetables are very expensive. So what can we do on the policy side to bring the cost of fruits and vegetables down?"

"In New York, I'll walk down the street and someone will say, 'Nice show,' and that's it. If I'm at a food festival, it's open season."

"At this point I have enough money to live 25 lifetimes. You couldn't spend the money I've accrued now."

"You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on."

"One thing that improved my cooking skills was being a poor student in California... If you don't have much money, you have to learn to cook."

"Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them."