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" I actually have a pig collection in my cabin: all types of old wood hand-carved pigs that my mom started for me as a housewarming gift. "

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" If I can't do something and excel at it and do it well, I have a tendency to give up on it really easy. "

" I am a sugar freak. "

" The true mark of professionalism is the ability to respect everyone else for their styles and always find something positive in every dining experience and highlight it in your thoughts and words. "

" Everyone has days when things can go wrong. That doesn't make you a bad pastry chef - that makes you human. "

" Just because you love to cook and you are good at in your home environment doesn't necessarily mean that you are cut out for competition. It is a different animal and requires you to approach cooking in a very different way. "

" I fell in love with pastry because I felt I could be much more creative. It's precise, and you don't have to kill anything. "

" As chefs, especially pastry chefs, your creativity plays such an important part in your daily work. We truly do have a blank canvas to work with every time we create a new dish. "

" A pastry chef's lifespan in a restaurant is limited. You have to open a bakery or pastry shop. There's only so far you can go in a restaurant. "

" You can tell a lot about your cooks' personalities by their music collection. I personally have such an eclectic collection, partly due to the combining of music libraries with girlfriends past. "

" As most people will tell you, the best pies have the best crusts. It has to be tender, flaky, and full of flavor. That is the key to a great pie. "

" I have worked in kitchens since I was 15 years old and never had a break. "

" There's always time to date. "

" If you would ask me some of the ingredients that people are surprised by that could appear on my menu are such things as bleu cheese, vegetables like parsnips and rutabaga, bacon, pork fat, fois gras, truffles, and olives. "

" I can't even kill a lobster without saying a Hail Mary for it. "

" My mom was a rescue veterinarian, and I grew up helping her nurse injured animals back to health. Any deer hit by a car, fox caught in a trap, whatever it was that got hurt, everyone brought them to my mom. "

" I see myself as half country boy and half city boy, so I need both to balance me out. I couldn't spend all of my time in either place. "

" I love pies of all types. I especially love rhubarb. I grew up with rhubarb growing on our property, and my mom would make rhubarb pies and jam. I have to admit, though, my earliest memories of rhubarb were not fond ones, but over time, I grew to love it. "

" I have pictures of me feeding deer and possums with baby bottles. I am such an animal lover. "

" Baking is about multi-tasking. If you are organized and prepared, that's half the battle. "

" We never really know what people are capable of until the only person they can rely on is themselves. "

" Cooking is about imbibing different cultures and putting them in a plate on the table. "

" A savory chef must first master his knife skills and understand the basics of sauces and soups, etc., before he/she may move on to become a great chef. It is no different for pastry chefs. If you do not have a strong foundation and are a master of the basics, then you will never be that strong - you will never be a master of the trade - period. "

" I am not a shock jock pastry chef. I don't create desserts using strange ingredients just for the sake of doing so, like so many of my colleagues in the industry. "

" I'm very much half city and half country boy. "

" There are so many restaurants that cook for themselves and think they are different. But it is always about making your guest feel special. "

" I love biscuits. I have a real thing for a biscuits, and if it's not made right, I'm gonna come down hard on somebody. "

" Desserts are last, but don't let them be least. "

" When I was a kid, I would come home from school, and my mom would buy the industrial-size Famous Amos cookies or Chips Ahoy when I was lucky. And I would sit in front of the TV set with a glass of milk... and I would dump cookies in there, smash them with my spoon, and eat cookies and milk with a spoon watching 'The Dukes of Hazzard.' "

" I played every sport in high school for one year. If I couldn't be great at it, I quit. I would rather not do it than be average. "

" When I was growing up, chocolate milk was a treat, and the chocolate milk that ended up in a bowl of Cocoa Puffs when I had those for breakfast was the biggest treat of all. "