You can change your spouse, your friends but never your club.
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Anand Thakur
You can change your spouse, your friends but never your club.
ADAM RICHMAN
So obviously I want to be in the limelight in some capacity, or I want to be in entertainment in some capacity.
ADAM RICHMAN
He said, “For you, it may be your 50th or 100th selfie, autograph, or whatever of the day. But for that person, it may be the first or the only time in their life that they’ve seen someone they enjoy on television. Never lose sight of that.”
ADAM RICHMAN
They had these really sick origami books with an overleaf, but those packs can sometimes blow, because they give you, like, eight sheets.
ADAM RICHMAN
I think that in terms of who is known the world over, I would wager that it’s probably someone like Mark Wahlberg or Dwyane Wade.
ADAM RICHMAN
One of my great personal triumphs is, because I stay vigilant about my health
ADAM RICHMAN
I sponsored every team in the Park Slope Little League for years.
ADAM RICHMAN
I’m not a plumber who accidentally blew up or a math professor who accidentally backed into notoriety.
ADAM RICHMAN
To be asked to do the pairing menus by Alamos Wineries in Argentina [was the most interesting opportunity].
ADAM RICHMAN
And take on the country’s most legendary eating challenges. I’m no competitive eater, just a regular guy with a serious appetite.
ADAM RICHMAN
There are so many chefs out there, and so if you were to say, “The dude who used to host Man V. Food is doing pairing for Jim Beam,” you’d say,
ADAM RICHMAN
I was never going to give my detractors the satisfaction of not feeling well, or allowing my health to falter while eating rich and indulgent food all over the world.
ADAM RICHMAN
That was another incredible thing: the opportunity to be in Greenland, a place I had read about in NatGeo a decade before.
ADAM RICHMAN
What they’re saying is, “I know who you are. I watch your stuff.” What’s better than that? Gratitude is the attitude. That’s the thing. What am I being pissy about?
ADAM RICHMAN
My mom always says, “Pack your smile,” but [the sound guy] articulated it beautifully, because he saw me go from Joe Schmo who had been on food stamps to Adam Richman from Man V. Food.
ADAM RICHMAN
I thought maybe I would be everyone’s favorite dude-food friend.
ADAM RICHMAN