In an exclusive conversation with Shweta for Style Essentials, the chef who has won everything the industry has to give speaks about surrendering control to the moon, what a pandemic garden taught him about creativity, and why the most radical thing a three-Michelin-star restaurant can do is stop deciding what you eat.

When I first picked up The Secret is YOU , I didn’t expect much. The title sounds like something you’ve seen before — a familiar echo in...