Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day. — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
I'm a home cook and love to read about food, but I'm not trained as a chef. I'm just really into cooking… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen. — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
The best way to learn is live, in person, cooking, feeling, smelling and tasting, but TV is the second-best thing to that;… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
When I come home from a shoot, I'd rather reheat food I've made than eat takeout. — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness... — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
You know the great irony is that people think you have to have money to enjoy fine food, which is a shame. — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
People want honest, flavourful food, not some show-off meal that takes days to prepare. — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
Cooking allows you to have travels, adventures and journeys without going anywhere. The running joke between my partner and me is that… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
In recent years, I've been writing because I'm fortunate enough to work in the world of food television, to travel and taste… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
The funny thing about Thanksgiving ,or any big meal, is that you spend 12 hours shopping for it then go home and… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
Planning a dinner party in a way that you're actually capable of getting it done without panicking is important. It's bad hospitality… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
I think that curiosity happened on these reviews where I was just a guest of the reviewer, because it introduced me to… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
Thom is one of those wonderful people to cook for because he absolutely loves it, just loves it. He loves to eat… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches, and everyone is trying to go low-carb… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
I'm in a loft and the kitchen is in the very center of the apartment. The whole place revolves around it. — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles. — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
To me, the kitchen is a place of adventure and entirely fun, not drudgery. I can't think of anything better to do… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
I'm really trying to respond to the foods that are in the stores and just pulling the things that are the very… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
When the idea of 'Chopped' surfaced, it was originally meant to be taped at some guy's mansion with him and his crazy… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
Believe me, I understand the need for easy and speedy. After a 12-hour day of shooting 'Chopped,' say, I'm talking stir-fry, spaghetti,… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
One of the smartest things you can do on 'Chopped' is to take one of those ingredients and make a pickle out… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
For me, the kitchen is the most special room in the house. It's a place for adventure - not drudgery, but discovery,… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
I think what I do differently from a lot of TV chefs is that I break down barriers and make fine food… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
One of the biggest mistakes people make when they cook for other people is to think that it has to be fancy… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
It's very important to me that people who are actual chefs and other professionals in the culinary world, understand that I'm not,… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
It's okay if you finish cooking something easy after your guests arrive - some dishes must be prepared a la minute, as… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
I've always hoped 'Chopped' would telegraph our enormous affection and love and admiration for chefs and food, but at the same time,… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
It's a 12-hour cooking class for me on the set of 'Chopped.' You'd think I'd get sick of it, but it's a… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
It's a 12-hour cooking class for me on the set of 'Chopped.' You'd think I'd get sick of it, but it's a source of… — Ted Allen Copy Share
The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who they are. — Ted Allen Copy Share
Cooking allows you to have travels, adventures and journeys without going anywhere. The running joke between my partner and me is that I'm not… — Ted Allen Copy Share
Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and creative. You're… — Ted Allen Copy Share
People want honest, flavourful food, not some show-off meal that takes days to prepare. — Ted Allen Copy Share
Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness... — Ted Allen Copy Share
I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen. — Ted Allen Copy Share
When I come home from a shoot, I'd rather reheat food I've made than eat takeout. — Ted Allen Copy Share
Believe me, I understand the need for easy and speedy. After a 12-hour day of shooting 'Chopped,' say, I'm talking stir-fry, spaghetti, heck, peanut-butter… — Ted Allen Copy Share
The world is full of people who would like nothing better than to spend six hours on a golf course. I would rather be… — Ted Allen Copy Share
Well, we don't take money from people and then show the product. It has to be a product that we like anyway, and that's… — Ted Allen Copy Share
I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really admire a lot. I've learned a lot from her… — Ted Allen Copy Share
