I need to go see your stuff, I'm a bit more ummm open to the out of the ordinary.
He's a chef so if it isn't on a plate, it ain't art.
While in college my favorite history professor kept me employed as his house painter. You would think it would be a one time deal but NOOOO, he was an avid art collector. He would call up and say, "I just bought a great one, I need you to repaint the (insert room here) so it will look right in there. His hankering for art kept me fed and in books for more years than I care to admit. And sometimes I would walk in and say, "I don't know what you were thinking on this one, Peter." I actually got to go back years later to a show of his collection that he had at the local museum. To see ALL of those pieces on the walls at the same time was pretty incredible.