"I've spent almost all of my life on ships." He smiles a little with this thought though it turns into a grin at Bianchi's next words. "I'm sure it will be only the best - especially since we're doing it together."

He also enjoys spending time with other cooks and seeing different ways of doing things. It really helps broaden the mind to different culinary possibilities. If the other cook is a lady it just makes the experience all the more rewarding in his opinion.