If people ask me, 'What do you think could improve in Toronto dining,' I'd say there's nothing to improve on.

To eat well, I always disagree with critics who say that all restaurants should be fine dining. You can get a Michelin star if you serve the best hamburger in the world.

There's nothing you could say that would shock me.

So many people ask me, 'Do you like 'Departed?' I say, '50/50.'

Fine dining teaches you how to cook many different things, and it gives you the basic fundamentals, but these specialty restaurants, they're not teaching you the broad foundation you need to become a well-rounded cook.

There's nothing that's impossible to me. You can ask my parents.