I had no desire to be a chef, but I had a desire to be someone who was heard.

I've never said I was a chef - I think I make great food. I will never open a restaurant to do, like, tasting courses.

I wanted to inspire people not to work under a bamboo ceiling. Whatever you are - yellow, black, white, brown - you don't have to allow your skin to define who you are or how you operate your business. There's not one face to anything.

I don't want to get burned when I'm cooking. To avoid getting hit when pan-frying, I stand far away and use chopsticks that are almost two feet long. I learned it from my mom, who does the same thing.

I'm an example of someone who never made it to university. I did have this dream to be a musician. I felt that this dream had an expiration date.

People talk about perfect timing, but I think everything is perfect in its moment; you just want to capture that.