[trolley bell clanging]

[Adam] 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.

[bell clangs]

[I John Lee Hooker: "it Serves You Right to Suffer (The Avener Rework)"]

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.

[to himself] 9991,6916...

[men speaking indistinctly]

Six ninety-seven.

[Adam] At least that's what I'm told.

Six ninety-eight...

Six ninety-nine,

Then I destroyed it all.