Geoffrey Zakarian — American Chef born on July 25, 1959,

Geoffrey Zakarian is an AmericanIron Chef, restaurateur, television personality and author. He is the executive chef of several restaurants in New York City, Atlantic City and Miami. He is featured on several television programs on the Food Network, including Chopped and in 2011, The Next Iron Chef, where he won the right to join Iron Chef America... (wikipedia)

I love hospitality, and I love cooking. The kitchen is where I feel most at ease and where I feel most like myself.
I begin my day online and end my day online. I like to prepare myself for the next day and have a sense of closure before I go to bed.
Determine who you are and what your brand is, and what you're not. The rest of it is just a lot of noise.
Chestnuts are my favorite ingredient to use in the fall, especially for the holidays. I always find that they are meaty, hearty and have a mysterious refinement when cooked or roasted over sea salt.
Cooking a piece of fish and cooking it right. Knowing the fish, knowing the properties of the fish. That's a hard thing to do rather than covering it with a lot of sauces and foams or other cooking methods that might be high wire acts and look good on the outside.