Chef Quotes · Page 13

I feel very passionate about maintaining the same level of standard and respect for the food as an Iron Chef myself.

— Alex Guarnaschelli

I'm not a chef, and I'm not an expert at anything. I'm just a mom and a wife.

— Ree Drummond

The margins for restaurants to make money are very, very narrow. It's a tough business, and to be a chef is a…

— Anne Burrell

As a chef, I've always been very conscious and very thoughtful about the way that I buy food or have my farmers…

— Dominique Crenn

If I was not an actor, I would have been working in a five star hotel as a chef.

— Dhanush

I actually studied cooking and, like, was thinking about becoming a chef.

— Kehinde Wiley

In Europe I couldn't be anything but a black cook working for somebody. My inspiration was to own, to be the chef.

— Marcus Samuelsson

As a chef I’m not your dietitian or your ethicist, I’m in the pleasure business.

— Anthony Bourdain

A lot of chefs don't have a natural sense of economy. I was with one guy the other day, and I had…

— Daniel Boulud

My boyfriend is a chef, so he cooks for me, but I cook too. The only time I felt pressure was when…

— Sharleen Spiteri

If I'm trying to get you to travel by showing you the best places in the world to eat, I think enthusiasm…

— Philip Rosenthal

The first thing I wanted to be growing up was a solicitor, because all the people around me needed solicitors! But I…

— Slowthai

No matter what it is you are cooking, buy the best ingredients you can afford. I don't care if it's a simple…

— Joe Bastianich

I would have thought you'd import an English staff?" "Good heavens, no! I would not wish a British chef on anyone except…

— Dan Brown

As a chef and father, it kills me that children are fed processed foods, fast food clones, foods loaded with preservatives and…

— Anonymous

Pastry is different from cooking because you have to consider the chemistry, beauty and flavor. It's not just sugar and eggs thrown…

— Ron Ben-Israel

I'm not an actress; I'm not a singer. I guess I'm in the entertainment industry, but I'm in a different category. Hopefully,…

— Ayesha Curry

We have very professional, amazing chefs that are contestants. Most of them have their own restaurants and are settled, recognized chefs in…

— Ana Claudia Talancon

In 'A Bone in the Throat,' he describes his protagonist and alter ego, the cook Tommy Pagano, as 'darker, and not as…

— Sarah Weinman

I'm not just a female chef. I'm a woman in a brand new hotel, and that's why I think it's so perfect…

— Giada De Laurentiis

Many chefs of a certain caliber do not see me as a chef. I don't have a restaurant. They see me as…

— Giada De Laurentiis

I am not somebody who just likes to run. I am a runner. This is the difference between a pastime and a…

— Adam Goucher

I was chef to the French Presidents between '56 and '59, finished with de Gaulle, and during de Gaulle I remember serving…

— Jacques Pepin

Dear God, surely you aren't the chef Sam was talking about?" "No," he said with a laugh, and gestured behind him with…

— Lynsay Sands

As a chef and activist, I'm particularly concerned with food politics issues such as the farm bill.

— Marcus Samuelsson

You look at most of these 'best chef' lists, and there are about nine male chefs and one woman chef. The problem…

— Dominique Crenn

Not every chef is a yeller, but I have to say that even a chef who is not a yeller might have…

— Anne Burrell

When I was growing up, my grandmother cooked every day. She is the best chef ever.

— Baron Davis

If I could go back and give myself advice, it would be to embrace failure.

— Mary Sue Milliken

They say never trust a skinny chef, but the fact is, to stay healthy when you're a chef means you have to…

— Marcus Samuelsson

Good food is a right, not a privilege. It brings children into a positive relationship with their health, community and environment.

— Alice Waters

I would love to date a chef. I'd probably get really fat, but I don't care.

— Elizabeth Olsen

Japanese chefs believe our soul goes into our knives once we start using them. You wouldn't put your soul in a dishwasher!

— Masaharu Morimoto

As a chef, if I can taste something, I can basically figure out what's in it.

— Kelis

Remember that a very good sardine is always preferable to a not that good lobster.

— Ferran Adria

Your parents would not be happy if you came home and said you wanted to grow up to be a chef or…

— Anonymous

Anybody can cook for chefs. I cooked for a three Michelin star chef when I was cooking at home.

— Alvin Leung

I was always a good cook from my mum showing me when I was a young lad, but hiring a chef helped…

— Ross Barkley

Who needs one more chef in one more building with four walls and a kitchen?

— Anonymous

People with chile peppers on their chef pants shouldn't be allowed in the kitchen.

— April Bloomfield