I thought I'd be a chef by night and paint by day. Now I just have fabulous dinner parties. — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
If your grandparents are Mexican, you can relate through the roots of the show [Top Chef], through the food, through the traditions… — Ana Claudia Talancon Copy Share Image
Now everybody thinks that once you do Top Chef, then 13 weeks later you're a chef. Nobody wants to learn to cook anymore. — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
When I started as a young chef, I was Italian, and I was a woman, and everyone else in New York was… — Lidia Bastianich Copy Share Image
The album 'Kelis Was Here' sucked the life out of me, and so I went off and studied to be a Cordon… — Kelis Copy Share Image
Celebrating the holidays in the White House over these past eight years has been a true privilege. We've been able to welcome… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
If a chef says to you that he sits down and eats dinner before service, then it's bulls***. And if they do,… — Gordon Ramsay Copy Share Image
I had wanted to be a dentist, but ended up being a chef. I think I've always had a fascination for jobs… — Gino D'Acampo Copy Share Image
In 10 years, I don't really know what I'll be, and I like not having any idea. I like the idea of… — Kat Graham Copy Share Image
“Some people when they see cheese, chocolate or cake they don't think of calories.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
When I was twelve, I decided to become a chef. I stole a book from the library about the greatest restaurants in… — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
In Europe I couldn't be anything but a black cook working for somebody. My inspiration was to own, to be the chef. — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
It's tough, you know: I'm a chef first, and a restaurant owner, way before I was ever on Food Network, and it's… — Guy Fieri Copy Share Image
If I'm in the 'hood, I like Chef Creole's Haitian rice and stewed chicken. — DJ Khaled Copy Share Image
“Now I know why I had that dream last night. It was a premonition forewarning me of the death of my cooking… — Katie Mattie Copy Share Image
'The chef on duty will constantly point out the time, name the next project, and finish with 'push!' The entire team then… — Jorge Hernandez Copy Share Image
What I want to do is produce really delicious food. I want it to look nice, because when you see food you… — Prue Leith Copy Share Image
I have this wonderful personal chef who sources and stocks all my organic produce and I basically live on five smoothies a… — Larry Hagman Copy Share Image
What I like to do when I go out is enjoy my friends and the food around it. If we have to… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
I cooked for the two Popes that were here. Pope Francis I cooked for and Pope Benedict before him. Pope Benedict is… — Lidia Bastianich Copy Share Image
Probably a mistake, you know, that people make in America, to think that all great chefs are a male... I'm still the… — Jacques Pepin 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