“Jean Luc, my mentor – the guy who gave me a chance as a chef – said to me it was God who created oysters and apples. And you can’t improve recipes like that. But it is our job to try. Being a young chef, I sure as hell tried. I spent ten years cooking in Paris and became head chef of Jean Luc’s restaurant. I was good. Some nights I was almost as good as I thought I was. At least that’s what I’m told. Then I destroyed it all. My devils chased me out of Paris and I washed up in New Orleans. I sentenced myself to hard labor shucking oysters. 999,999. And today’s the last day of my penance. One million.”
