He grew up in the field. When we found him he was working in a restaurant ship and had been for most of his life. [Not a ship restaurant, the other way round and all that entails] He takes his craft very seriously.

My captain asked him to join us, so he did. And he's amazing.

[She actually doesn't know the full story behind Sanji joining the crew. She wasn't there at the time, having kinda... stolen a ship and run away. Whoops.]