Mario Batali — American Chef born on September 09, 1960,

Mario Francesco Batali is an Italian-American chef, writer, restaurateur, and media personality. In addition to his classical culinary training, he is an expert on the history and culture of Italian cuisine, including regional and local variations. Batali co-owns restaurants in New York City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Singapore, Hong Kong and Westport, Connecticut. Batali's signature clothing style includes a fleece vest, shorts and orange Crocs. He is also known as "Molto Mario"... (wikipedia)

Although the skills aren't hard to learn, finding the happiness and finding the satisfaction and finding fulfillment in continuously serving somebody else something good to eat, is what makes a really good restaurant.
You know, when you get your first asparagus, or your first acorn squash, or your first really good tomato of the season, those are the moments that define the cook's year. I get more excited by that than anything else.
Shop often, shop hard, and spend for the best stuff available - logic dictates that you can make delicious food only with delicious ingredients.
Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food.
I put hibiscus flower in every cup of tea I have. It's sweet, sexy, and cleansing.