He?s got a rare combination of interest, curiosity and talent. And humility.

You hand over control, you start winning.

He goes ?Chef, I won first place?. I was screaming, I was just so proud of him.

It?s really neat to see a student do something he really, really loves and have national recognition for it. Everybody at the school wanted to know how he did and everyone was supporting him.

I keep teasing him that someday I?m going to see him on Food Network. He?s very focused, very talented and has a real good sense of taste.

I never claimed to have any extraordinary talent, just maybe extraordinary curiosity. I can learn, I am learning, and I hope to become a proficient, eventually a good, actress. Several have made the transition from a sex symbol to being taken seriously - that's something I really yearn for.