“I've always liked to understand the basis of any kind of culture or language around food, and then also see where else I can take it.”


“My world is often about this combination of food and sport, or food and art all coming together.”


“I think we can all really appreciate plated food in general, or a cocktail in a glass, more than ever after this year, because everything is to-go and in a box or in a plastic cup.”


“I'm always studying different kinds of cuisine, and cultures of people through cuisines and the language of spices and the language of technique.”


“Humans have always migrated and changed recipes around the world because you have a war here, you're oppressed over here. And you move over here and you want to bring your culture but you don't have all the same ingredients. So you turn it into something.”


“We have a country of so many amazing people and so many cultures from around the world, we should celebrate that rather than just try to push each other in our own lanes.”