All chefs are like Jewish mothers. They want to feed you and feed you and impress you. It's an eagerness to please. — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
Top Chef is a very smooth-running machine. All the people working there are incredibly professional and absolutely at the top of their… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
A good apprentice cook must be as polite with the dishwasher as with the chef. — Fernand Point Copy Share Image
The president of the United States can't even fire his chef. I'm not kidding. — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
The restaurants express the spirit of the chef, the spirit of the city, the country. — Alain Ducasse Copy Share Image
It's good to get to know a bunch of other chefs because I like to cook, but I'm no chef. I can… — Patrick Chung Copy Share Image
Techniques are not the most difficult to teach. The attitudes chefs take are much more important. — Alain Ducasse Copy Share Image
The design of a restaurant should embrace the identity of the chef, the nature of the cuisine, and the context of the… — David Rockwell Copy Share Image
If you become a chef because you're obsessed by becoming a celebrity, getting my ass kicked and working my nuts off the… — Gordon Ramsay Copy Share Image
If you are a chef, you have an incredible responsibility in this world. Don't just open a restaurant to serve food. Include… — Dominique Crenn Copy Share Image
I think the goal of 'Chef's Table' is that you are so moved by the story that you want to go and… — Samin Nosrat Copy Share Image
My food hero would be someone like Elizabeth David, because I think what she did for Britain was amazing. Also David Thompson,… — John Torode Copy Share Image
My mum wanted me to be a doctor because she worked in nursing. So she was quite disappointed when I came back… — Ainsley Harriott Copy Share Image
Chefs are fond of hyperbole, so they can certainly talk that way. But on the whole, I think they probably have a… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I've tried my hardest to bribe my chef, but my team have been clever and hired someone who not only is not… — Usain Bolt Copy Share Image
One of the things I've found now, not just for television, but in the restaurant, is that you have many anxious chefs,… — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
I'd love to cook. It's something I've got into since I've grown older. I'm mates with Jamie Oliver and he's been a… — Jason Flemyng Copy Share Image
Chefs hate desserts. The smartest thing a chef can do is hire a great pastry chef. Cooking savory food is all about… — Michael Symon Copy Share Image
You ought to have seen Frédéric with his monocle, his greying whiskers, his calm demeanour, carving his plump quack-quack, trussed and already… — Leon Daudet Copy Share Image
It helps immerse yourself in what you potentially want to do. Being involved, learning firsthand and observing the craft and absorbing all… — Giada De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
“. Running a restaurant isn’t just about serving food—it’s about serving memories. People don’t come back for what you put on the… — Pierenrico Gottero Copy Share Image
I think a lot of chefs can definitely think about great flavor combinations and stuff, but then they'll pass it along to… — Stephanie Izard Copy Share Image
A problem with school is that you often become what you study. If you study, let say cooking, you become a chef.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I remember being a kid and wanting to be so many different things. There was even one point that I wanted to… — Eliza Scanlen Copy Share Image
As a chef my sense of taste and smell are extremely important. But of all the senses, sight is the one I'd… — Dave Myers Copy Share Image
You have to balance, but you can be aggressive as a chef. It benefits the food. You have to be passionate. You… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
I was a hostess, a waitress, a cafe manager, and a prep chef. For one job, I had to wear a hat… — Jenna Blum Copy Share Image
My mum and dad are pretty amazing chefs and they spent most of my childhood cooking really extravagant things for my sister… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Things are going to go wrong. The great chefs are the ones that don't let it fluster them. They just move through… — Michael Symon Copy Share Image
Bringing your kids into the kitchen doesn't require you to be a top chef; only time and maybe a willingness to get… — Michael Mina Copy Share Image
I have real admiration for chefs who can maintain an edge and find new inspiration in their cooking after many years. — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes. — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
I grew up a block away from Hell, and my pop-pop was a chef in Hell's Kitchen. — Enzo Amore Copy Share Image
I cannot wait to see the day that one day we will have a chef that will become the secretary of food… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My palate is simpler than it used to be. A young chef adds and adds and adds to the plate. As you… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
“Many a death was precipitated by the food, the job, or the medication whose main function was to postpone it.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
As a chef, if I can taste something, I can basically figure out whats in it. — Kelis Copy Share Image
You never forget a beautiful thing that you have made. Even after you eat it, it stays with you - always. — Julia Child Copy Share Image
There's not a single chef I know of that does not think about the politics of the food they're serving. — Gail Simmons Copy Share Image
We're all equals - once you've got a jacket on, you're a chef. It's not about gender - it's your ability to… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
