Caroline Glover

To ask questions. To be pathologically curious. And honestly, to be consistent. It continued to let me grow when others weren't. I kept my head down and one foot in front of the other. I found solace in the monotony. And then one day I looked up, and I was close to the top.

I stand by the mantra "what grows together goes together." There is nothing that inspires me more.

I want someone who finds joy in other places, who explores and interacts in the community in a way that is meaningful to them. You cannot find all your joy inside the four walls of a kitchen—it has to come from other places too, or else you'll burn out.

It's the best way for me to clear my mind, start the day off on a good foot, and catch up on podcasts. Recently, I've really gotten into tennis. I'm not good! But it's really fun to learn a new skill outside the kitchen.

Don't get me wrong—I love cookbooks! And honestly, that's all I read for a solid nine years. But reading about other aspects of restaurants through memoirs or even a racy book on perimenopause allows my brain to rest—to take a breath from food and have other things to talk to people about. Which is really, really important.