Jacques Torres

I'm blessed to do what I love to do every day.

— Jacques Torres

Reward is a happy customer - and an empty plate.

— Jacques Torres

I'm happy to try everything at least once.

— Jacques Torres

Making chocolate is a way of life, not a profession,

— Jacques Torres

The good thing is, the season of chocolates is during the cold months. During the cold months, I can send ground.

— Jacques Torres

I like music that is upbeat, such as Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. Or anything disco - I will listen to that,…

— Jacques Torres

By planting more, we find new hybrid of cocoa, and by doing that, we lose some quality. So the price of the…

— Jacques Torres

On TV, I really try to go back to the basics and break down a recipe until it's very easy.

— Jacques Torres

My goal is to teach what chocolate is. I don't think my customers understand what it takes to make chocolates.

— Jacques Torres

In order to succeed, you have to fail, no? You ride a bicycle, you fail; you try a few times, you succeed.

— Jacques Torres

I still make mistakes today - I always explain to people, when you will make as many mistakes as I did, then…

— Jacques Torres

Pierre Franey's producer wanted to do a show with me. This was around 1998, and I think we shot our first PBS…

— Jacques Torres

I have spent more time in my life working and being in restaurants than being at home. I immediately feel comfortable entering…

— Jacques Torres

More and more research shows that chocolate is good for you. It's a mood elevator. It contains a lot of antioxidants and…

— Jacques Torres

You can easily compare chocolate to wine. What makes a good wine is usually a good terroir, a good grape, and the…

— Jacques Torres

I decided on a chocolate business. I love the history of chocolate and making it and the fact that people of any…

— Jacques Torres

Chocolate cornflakes are a hit. Mixing chocolate with cornflakes to make dollops of candy with that crunch and saltiness just has a…

— Jacques Torres

I understand Christmas, and I understand Easter. But Halloween is one of those things where, if you don't grow with it? The…

— Jacques Torres

We eat raw dough. We eat raw cookie. We eat massive buttercream in cakes that are still warm. We eat salt. We…

— Jacques Torres

I come from a family of craftsmen. We like to make things with our hands. Better than the pleasure of making money…

— Jacques Torres

Dark chocolate can be good for you, and when I say 'can,' it's about what type of dark chocolates are you eating.…

— Jacques Torres

I make my own chocolate, I grow my own beans, and now I have something about the history of chocolate. I feel…

— Jacques Torres

Christmas is the biggest holiday in numbers - in terms of gross amounts - because you have one and a half to…

— Jacques Torres

I believe history and tradition is something solid and something we can rest on. I am not crazy about putting new spices…

— Jacques Torres

I started cooking around 9 years old. I would make crepes at home for my parents. By 15 years old, I had…

— Jacques Torres

Valentine's Day is the biggest single day of the year, the biggest sale day of the year.

— Jacques Torres

If you buy chocolate with too high of a cocoa content, you might not like it because it doesn't have enough sugar.

— Jacques Torres

My chocolate is special because it's real. My pistachios are from Italy, and the almonds are from Spain. We make our own…

— Jacques Torres

I used to like Lady Gaga. I still love her. But what I like about LMFAO is that they're completely outside of…

— Jacques Torres

It take me one year to lose all that weight. Look, it takes a long time to put it in; it takes…

— Jacques Torres

You need chocolate with enough cocoa butter. If your chocolate is high-quality, with a good content of cocoa butter, the chocolate will…

— Jacques Torres

I personally like different chocolates. I like milk chocolate during the day and, during the evening, I like something a little bit…

— Jacques Torres

In 2004, we opened our first store in Manhattan. I installed a big window so people could see me making the chocolates.…

— Jacques Torres

You really have to be a good entertainer, or the show won't work. For me, it was all about having fun with…

— Jacques Torres

The first time I baked, I failed a couple of times, and I made some mistakes and perhaps ended up with something…

— Jacques Torres