to go out there and do it for me. I’m not particularly interested in whether I win or lose, I just like to go out and see if I can do it. How did you adjust to your life’s transition of being in a Park Avenue kitchen every day to suddenly travelling the world nonstop as a television personality? Do you miss a more stable life? No, I don’t. I have 30 years of standing on my feet in a busy kitchen; this is a whole hell of a lot easier and a lot more fun.
would be embarrassing to me. Quite frankly, I don’t give a lot of thought to what “my brand” is or isn’t, it’s always a quality of life issue with me. Your partnership with The Balvenie “Raw Craft” and your publishing imprint via HarperCollins showcase a different side of you in the sense of trying to bring opportunity both and exposure to people you believe in. How important have these two journeys been for you? Will
My whole worldview has been formed by those years between the ages of 17 and 44, standing in a kitchen, making food for people who I didn’t know. Given your increasingly wide audience, how have you dealt with the busy schedule in terms of filtering and controlling the messages coming from your “brand?” Is it hard for you to keep up with the constant content? Do you feel more pressure in giving your honest opinion on camera than you did initially? The messages coming from my “brand?” (laughs). I definitely don’t have a “brand.” It’s my Twitter account, my Facebook, and it’s my Instagram so it’s quite simple – if I didn’t say it then it doesn’t get said. It’s a defensive measure; I just don’t want somebody posting some bullshit. That
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there be more of these types of endeavors for you in the future? I like collaborating with people, whether is it’s a musician, a writer, or a TV star, I like making things. I’m a true believer in the printed word. These publishing enterprises that allow me to have fun and support voices I believe in and am enthusiastic about that I would like to see read and published. It’s fun, I guess it gives me pleasure; I like to be part of making things that I’m proud of. Are you a supporter of Cannabis legalization? It would be idiotic to be against