Pebble Beach Food & Wine has become one of America’s top culinary festivals, regularly drawing the world’s top chefs to the resort’s rocky beaches. With all the big names, it’s getting harder to stand out, and this year, to make a splash, Lexus assembled the Culinary Masters Team, consisting of Daniel Boulud (Daniel), Michael Chiarello (Taste Perfection With Champagne Louis Roederer Cristal. I asked four chefs, Knowing what you know now, if you were to start your career over again, what would you do differently?

Chef Chiarello:
I feel like the luckiest guy. I would not change a thing.

Chef Fearing: With such a sweet tooth, I wish I had been more hands on in the pastry world. I now play catch up with our talented Pastry Chef Jill Bates.

Chef Morimoto: Surgeon. I’ve recently met a few great surgeons and I admire their work. It requires precision on control of finger tips and hands, which I think resembles culinary work.

Chef Symon: I would’ve spent some time in Europe.