Chef's Table - Francis Mallmann

"I make choices and that's the beautiful thing about growing up and to say no. In a nice way, I say 'no'. I had a friend of mine. And we parted and went different ways in our lives. We grew apart. And once he came back to me and said "you don't like me anymore' and I said 'no' it's not that I don't like you. We have chosen different styles of life. I still have these beautiful memories of us and all the things we did together and how close we were and so on. But the truth is it's not that you bore me, but I don't enjoy talking to you anymore. And I don't want to fight you. But you know, there is nothing in common between your life and mine now. I would never say that to him but he asked me. So what could I say? I said the truth. But you know growing up has a bit to do with that too. To be able to tell the truth, to show who you are, even if it hurts."