You don't become a chef to become famous.

You don't go into being a chef for the money.

— Anne Burrell

“My father was a renowned chef, who had learned his trade as an apprentice in Europe. During the depression with work hard to find,…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One

“Fortunately, I knew the cardinal rule of getting on with one’s fellow cooks. It applies in any kitchen and can be summed up in…

— Jacques Pépin

The chef has kids complaining to their parents the food they get in school is better than what they get at home. He's turned…

— Marion Nestle

My dream as a passionate cook has been to go to Le Cordon Bleu. Never could my most incredible dream have lived up to…

— Blake Lively

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

— Dominique Crenn

For me, food is about memories, feelings, emotions, and so is Le Bernardin, and that's why it's not just a restaurant.

— Eric Ripert

People have no idea how much work it is for a man to produce an ejaculation. You have this seminal vesicle churning out this…

— Mark Leyner

I wanted to be a chef; I became a hero.

— Jackie Shroff

My husband is a musician. He cooks and he's a chef but he also, he makes basement recordings. So many people in my life…

— Dana Spiotta

Miss Wormwood: Calvin, your test was an absolute disgrace! It's obvious you haven't read any of the material. Our first president was not Chef…

— Bill Watterson

You don't go to school to become the best chef in the world right after you graduate. School is always a starting point so…

— Roy Yamaguchi

BottleRock has these incredible VIP cabins where a chef is preparing sushi for you in your cabin or lounge decorated by Restoration Hardware.

— Michael Rapino

If you become a chef because you're obsessed by becoming a celebrity, getting my ass kicked and working my nuts off the way I…

— Gordon Ramsay

How many chefs when I was a young boy shouted at me during service? All I ever said was "Yes, chef." The customer is…

— Marco Pierre White