Chef Quotes · Page 11

I feel like a princess with a knife. I've wanted to be an Iron Chef forever.

— Alex Guarnaschelli

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

Your pantry is your first line of defense against food-borne illness and things like high blood pressure and cholesterol.

— Joe Bastianich

If not a chef, I would have been a painter maybe. I have interest in painting, and I do it well.

— Ranveer Brar

I think every chef should have a food truck. It's a good way to test the markets, to invest in meeting the…

— Jose Andres

Chefs become attracted to being able to get product and then clientele - those are the two things that attract you as…

— Michael Mina

Being an Ethiopian-born, Swedish-raised chef, there's nothing traditional about my Thanksgiving spread.

— Marcus Samuelsson

When I met Corky, he was a cook, a chef. He never started dancing seriously until he was 21, which shows you…

— Shirley Ballas

I suppose that Ive got to point out that 'Nomad Chef' is not about survival in the wild. It is about celebrating…

— Jock Zonfrillo

You're thinking about a dish, you're thinking about an ingredient, and in many ways, you end up becoming a naked chef in…

— Dominique Crenn

I was a journeyman chef of middling abilities. Whatever authority I have as a commenter on this world comes from the sheer…

— Anthony Bourdain

I went to New York to train as a chef, and I had the good or bad fortune, depending on how you…

— Kimbal Musk

If you want to express yourself, it is difficult to be by yourself. You must have people around you who understand the…

— Hubert de Givenchy

I was lucky enough to have great mentors both in the culinary world and in the world of chefs who became celebrities.…

— Michael Symon

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

I'm proud of the way I rearrange and put things together, like a chef who makes a great meal, or a filmmaker…

— Bonnie Raitt

Observe that for the programmer, as for the chef, the urgency of the patron may govern the scheduled completion of the task,…

— Anonymous

It is important to work with purveyors who share our high standards and are discriminating about the products they supply. This has…

— David Breeden

I think food trucks are the new answer to American fast food. The idea of raising two or three million dollars and…

— Tyler Florence

It's very different doing a food show in America and doing one in Britain. I did a 20-part series for the BBC…

— Toby Young

I'd watch 'Inherit the Wind' and I'd say, 'Oh, I want to be a lawyer.' I'd watch 'Grey's Anatomy' with my mom,…

— Fred Hechinger

The great thing about chefs as celebrities is it gives you a larger stage to let people know how important great food…

— Michael Symon

“Remembering the careful way the cooks she'd met chose their ingredients--- the snails at L'Ami Louis, Taeb's saffron, Baldwin's asparagus--- Stella thought…

— Ruth Reichl

Having survived her 10th London winter (she got through January by assigning it "international month," and amusing Moses and his big sister,…

— Gwyneth Paltrow

I have a full Tuscan lunch and dinner every day in my home; my husband's a fantastic chef.

— Debi Mazar

I'm not the type of person to eat big hunks of meat. I think people are starting to realize that great things…

— April Bloomfield

Kitchens should be designed around what's truly important-fun, food, and life.

— Daniel Boulud

Eh! Je suis leur chef, il fallait bien les suivre. (Ah well! I am their leader, I really ought to follow them.)

— Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin

I remember the first time eating my chef's Caesar salad. It was just like one of those moments in the movie theater…

— Rick Ross

You can enjoy a $15 bottle of wine as much as you can enjoy a $100 bottle of wine.

— Joe Bastianich

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

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

— Alton Brown

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

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

— Lexi Dare

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

— Christina Tosi

I've shared doTERRA products with my coaches, chef, and especially teammates.

— Donovan Mitchell

To be tempted and indulged by the city's most brilliant chefs. It's the dream of every one of us in love with…

— Gael Greene