“It's hard to legislate what people eat. People are getting fed up with being told what they can and can't do. It boils down to personal responsibility. People need to read labels, do their research and act accordingly.”

American executive chef, restaurateur, author, and radio talk show host

Tom Douglas is an American executive chef, restaurateur, author, and radio talk show host. He won the James Beard Award for Best Northwest Chef in 1994 and the James Beard Award for Best Restaurateur in 2012. He wrote Tom Douglas' Seattle Kitchen, which was named Best American Cookbook by the James Beard Foundation and KitchenAid in 2001. In 2005, he appeared on Iron Chef America on the Food Network and defeated chef Masaharu Morimoto.