I wasn't that great a chef, and I don't think I'm that great a writer. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
When I'm in L.A., I go to Spago because the chef is a friend of mine. — Nobu Matsuhisa Copy Share Image
“Do you remember your favorite dish your mom always prepared for you?” — Marcel Riemer Copy Share Image
Don't dunk your nigiri in the soy sauce. Don't mix your wasabi in the soy sauce. If the rice is good, complement… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Anyone who's a chef, who loves food, ultimately knows that all that matters is: 'Is it good? Does it give pleasure?' — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
When I am Naughty Chef, I'm definitely in focus mode, but once the food has been served I'm in a better place… — Naughty Boy Copy Share Image
A good chef has to be a manager, a businessman and a great cook. To marry all three together is sometimes difficult. — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
The first year I sold a photo to was a lady who thought I was a chef, for some reason. I've no… — Graeme Le Saux 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
“A leader is someone who can gather people around himself who are smarter and more skilled than he is.” — Marcel Riemer Copy Share Image
People with chile peppers on their chef pants shouldn't be allowed in the kitchen. — April Bloomfield Copy Share Image
Chefs who cook in these ivory towers are in control in their own world. We try to approximate that world as best… — David Castle Copy Share Image
I never go to Vancouver without stopping by Thomas Haas' shop for the best chocolate in North America. A former chef patissier… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
My mother, Betty, was an entertainer - she opened up for James Brown, Ike and Tina Turner - and I had an… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
One day, a chef moaned that he was too hot, so I took a carving knife in one hand, held his jacket… — Marco Pierre White Copy Share Image
A lot of people love the idea of improvising but are terrified of it, so I tried to make a book that… — Sally Schneider Copy Share Image
“While some people are good at painting, playing an instrument or singing, I have been told more than once I am good… — Eric Arrouze Copy Share Image
I have a pet lizard named Puff, five goldfish - named Pinky, Brain, Jowels, Pearl and Sandy, an oscar fish named Chef,… — Chris Pratt Copy Share Image
I just love food and the art of it. There's such an art to being a good chef and the way you… — Orianthi Copy Share Image
If you want to be a chef or a scientist, you've got to know what the current thinking is, so if you… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
“A chef’s magic is his ingredients, how he can substitute one for another, then break with convention by changing it all around… — Karl Wiggins Copy Share Image
I'm speaking of the pursuit of excellence in all things. All things! Presence of mind and devotion to craft. A great artist… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
Even though you'll see gnocchi or linguine everywhere in some of the regions of Italy, each of those chefs has their own… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
When you think of a chef you think of somebody that could cook - you don't think of chef that says, 'Yo,… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
Listen, boy, just ask the chef to make me a proper Full English Breakfast. You know, bacon, fried eggs, sausages, liver, grilled… — Bryan Talbot Copy Share Image
As I learned from chapters past, it's important to try and stay in the chapter that you're in, and enjoy it while… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
When I first started writing cookbooks, I remember thinking to myself, what makes me think I can write a cookbook? There are… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
I think that 'celebrity' and 'chef' should be a permanent oxymoron. — Alex Guarnaschelli Copy Share Image
