Michael Mina
Michael Mina
Michael Minais an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author. He is the founder of the Mina Group, a restaurant management company operating 18 concept restaurants. He is the executive chef at his two namesake restaurants in San Francisco and Las Vegas. He authored his first cookbook in 2006 and has made numerous television appearances. Mina has one Michelin star at each of his namesake restaurants in San Francisco and Las Vegas...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChef
CountryUnited States of America
bringing kids maybe require time top
Bringing your kids into the kitchen doesn't require you to be a top chef; only time and maybe a willingness to get a little messy.
liked
I liked to screw around in the kitchen when I was a kid. But I started cooking when I was 15.
restaurant worse
There's always room to improve in a restaurant. A restaurant is better or worse every day than it was the day before. It's impossible not to be, because it's human.
amazing came eat guests kitchen looking passionate people plates watch watching
I loved the cooking; that was what I was passionate about, but getting to watch the guests eat - because you could see everything from the kitchen - just watching people eat and looking at the plates when they came back, just understanding, this is such an amazing job.
confident people
With chefs, the problem is we have to be very confident because people are looking at us for that. So pretty soon, you think you're a plumber, you think you're an electrician, you think you're an accountant.
life people settle time ways works
There are two ways to look at how life works and how people find their paths. One way is you take your time and try different things out. The other is you settle in early. I was into cooking very early.
guests remember
You have to always remember who your guest is, and thats who we cater to.
burgers comfort recessions
I don't know if you call a burger 'recession food.' It's comfort food.
doctors parent choices
When your parents are Middle Eastern immigrants, you have three choices. You can become a doctor, a lawyer or an engineer.