Chef Quotes

“Hunger gives flavour to the food.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Kitchen work is teamwork...”

— Marcel Riemer

I'm obsessed with 'Top Chef'.

— Kate Winslet

I'm not a chef: I'm a cook.

— Frankie Avalon

I need a chef so I feed my safe

— Big Sean

I used to be a chef.

— Roy Choi

“Chef don't judge.”

— Chef Boyardee

You need to know your craft.

— Lorena Garcia

Great food needed more than chefs; it needed gourmet diners.

— Nicole Mones

It's not sticky unless it touches itself.

— Anne Burrell

I never cooked at home - my father was the chef.

— Rene Redzepi

I have a theory that the people who cook in jails are British chefs.

— Steve Earle

When I was growing up, Chef Charlie Trotter inspired me a lot.

— Ranveer Brar

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

— Anne Burrell

If I want popularity, I go to a chef's convention.

— Nathan Myhrvold

You always want to walk a tight-rope of flavor

— Rick Bayless

I had turned down other head chef jobs. I didn't want to take over someone else's cuisine. I wanted to start from…

— Rene Redzepi

One of the greatest pleasures of my life has been that I have never stopped learning about Good Cooking and Good Food

— Edna Lewis

I think it's a universal truth that most chefs I know are happiest eating simple, unadorned good things.

— Anthony Bourdain

The worst food you'll ever eat will probably be prepared by a 'cook' who calls himself a 'chef.' Mark my words.

— Alton Brown

You know, I never really thought of myself as a 'celebrity.' One of the titles that I like least is 'celebrity chef.'

— Wolfgang Puck

You can't be a chef and appear on television all the time. It's impossible. At least when I earned my stars, I…

— Marco Pierre White

Being a great baker and pastry chef requires the upmost open mind. I try every dessert that comes my way!

— Christina Tosi

“I’m not reinventing the wheel. I’m just making it run without squeaking. Sunny Anderson, TV Chef”

— Lexi Dare

When I worked as a chef I had a happy brigade. I didn't run it with a rod of iron because I…

— Ainsley Harriott

I'd rather go with someone who wasn't a great speaker, but was a great chef, rather than someone who was a great…

— Matt Preston

What if every high-caliber chef told our investors that for every fancy restaurant we build, it would be a requirement to build…

— Roy Choi

Just like if you were brought up on a farm, you would most likely carry on your father's business as a farmer;…

— Martin Yan

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

— Bill Watterson

In a dream world, I would love to be a master pastry chef, because it combines something I love doing baking with…

— Josh Gondelman

Men are more mechanical when we cook. Women are more attached. They cook it with feelings. From personal experience. The feeling a…

— Ranveer Brar

Pressure's healthy. It becomes stressful when you can't handle that. I mean, if you don't want to become pressurized in this environment,…

— Gordon Ramsay

I always wanted to be a chef. Flavors and food were always of interest to me, but it was how those things…

— Maneet Chauhan

Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and…

— Oscar Wilde

I think working with actors is a little bit how a chef would work with a potato or a piece of meat.…

— Lars von Trier

“I didn't think I was so special, but actually that was the key: If this ordinary Pakistani girl could pursue the thing…

— Fatima Ali

“A sampler of England's hottest 'chefs' would include a mostly hairless young blond lad named Jamie Oliver, who is referred to as…

— Anthony Bourdain

I can't justify taking one minute of free time for myself. I'm restless to do things. Anything! Hell, I'll watch Top Chef…

— Steven Yeun

“She too looked like a regular lady, living in the world- didn't seem particularly with it or excitable or stellar. But that…

— Aimee Bender

When you're a chef, you graze. You never get a chance to sit down and eat. They don't actually sit down and…

— Gordon Ramsay