Maybe you’ve seen him on Top Chef, and maybe you’ve dined at his iconic New York restaurant Le Bernardin, but you probably haven’t seen celebrity chef and Forbes Travel Guide Tastemaker Eric Ripert quite like this — the venerable chef sat down with us and divulged what keeps him both motivated and innovative year in and year out. This is, after all, the man who has authored four cookbooks, is the host of his own PBS show Avec Eric, and has been the recipient of a James Beard Award, an Emmy and France’s Legion d’Honneur, the nation’s highest honor. Watch our video to see what makes the prolific chef really tick.
