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" I am what I am. A fighter. "

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" I train my chefs completely different to anyone else. My young girls and guys, when they come to the kitchen, the first thing they get is a blindfold. They get blindfolded and they get sat down at the chef's table... Unless they can identify what they're tasting, they don't get to cook it. "

" I want my kids to see me as Dad, for God's sake, not a television personality. "

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" They say cats have nine lives. I've had 12 already and I don't know how many more I'll have. "

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