eric ripert is the chef of the three-star la bernardin in new york.ome kind of knight or something. and my friend. this causes him some problems. he, i like to remind him, has a reputation to protect. i do not. >> welcome to marseille. >> you've never been here? >> never. >> how is this even possible? you grew up how far from here? >> like, 50 miles. 100 miles. >> you grew up 100 miles from here. what prevented you from coming to this clearly beautiful city? it's clearly beautiful. >> it's a fantastic city. it's beautiful. i agree with you. it has the reputation of being a dangerous city. >> you live in new york. ♪ >> i should point out that every single frenchmen, when i said i'm shooting in france, they say, "oh, really, where?" i say, "marseille." their face drops immediately, like, "oh." >> why's that? do they think it's ugly? >> you know what they say? they say this is not france. >> with a "z" like that? >> this is not france. ♪ >> well, i'm looking forward to the week. >> yeah. >> this is a low-impact show. >> what is a low-impact show? >> it m