Quotes by Aaron Sanchez

“I think I can find a house, ... but a small house.”

“It was a good fight, ... I (was) honored to be chosen to participate in this battle of the wits.”

“I feel ecstatic about it, ... Its a great opportunity to showcase your skills.”

“You walk in there, and its all for real, ... You have to have an idea with some variance.”

“Execution is everything at Iron Chef, ... It is something that is taken very seriously in the world of culinary art.”

“Morimoto is very focused, ... Hes all about business and a veteran of a lot of competition. I was just very aware of who I was going against.”

“I am wearing a Mexican flag bandanna, ... I was not playing. I was there to win.”

“Im very proud of him, ... He is well- deserving, hard-working and very humble.”

“whos done well and will continue to do well.”

“You have to think of Latin food as a couple of culinary superpowers: the Caribbean-African influence and the Central American corn, rice and beans. And from South America comes fresh seafood; Peru, the birthplace of potatoes; and in Chile and Argentina, you see the European influence.”

Latin food suffers like Chinese. You can do marginal Chinese and be successful. You can do crappy Mexican and be packed.

Instead of going out, Im trying to encourage people to have a memorable experience in their own home. We call it Delicioso Night In. I invite the people I care about the most. Then, when I get a lot of people together, I like to have finger foods.