Chef Quotes · Page 13

At some point of my life I've always fantasized that I'd be a boxing champion of the 160-pound division. Or a chef,…

— Pedro Capo

Part of being a good chef is being able to work well with others and make things work under different circumstances.

— Stephanie Izard

I'm not a chef. But I'm passionate about food - the tradition of it, cooking it, and sharing it.

— Zac Posen

“A good spice often deceives us into thinking that someone is a good cook.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

All the great chefs I know - Thomas Keller, Jean-Georges Vongerichten - they are technicians first.

— Jacques Pepin

When you give someone an award and you tell them that they are the best female chef in the world, you alienate…

— Dominique Crenn

“...if you can't find any grappa, half a cup of cough medicine should achieve similar results." [Audrey's advice]”

— Tom Gleisner

The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.

— Edward de Bono

I moved to Louisiana to become the executive Chef at Commander's Place. And I must say I had some encouragement from friends…

— Emeril Lagasse

The less a writer discusses his work and himself the better. The master chef slaughters no chickens in the dining room; the…

— Jack Vance

Becoming the first Indian woman to compete on Food Network's 'Iron Chef' and 'Next Iron Chef' was really a great accomplishment and…

— Maneet Chauhan

I'm Dominique Crenn. I'm a chef, entrepreneur, artist, poet, human being. I have three restaurants in San Francisco: Atelier Crenn, Bar Crenn…

— Dominique Crenn

I went from two stars to one star to two stars to three. In the history of the 'Michelin Guide,' I don't…

— Alvin Leung

The album 'Kelis Was Here' sucked the life out of me, and so I went off and studied to be a Cordon…

— Kelis

I like cooking, but I don't think I could be a chef. Everyone from the ground up does terrible hours, whether you've…

— James McAvoy

I always say this to the young chefs and mean it: The customer is excited, he says you are an artist, but…

— Andre Soltner

“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

I make a really delicious eggplant and squash curry that's inspired by Vij of Vij's Restaurant, a great chef and restaurateur in…

— Carmen Ejogo

“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

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

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

— Maneet Chauhan

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

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

— Oscar Wilde

There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do…

— Gordon Ramsay

My husband is a chef, and he often brings home a lot of useless kitchen tools.

— Sohla El-Waylly

Chef Thomas Keller was an inspiration to me and many, many young cooks like me. He told us that the role of…

— David Chang

Steve Zahn and I like to go to dinner, and we love to go to Chef Donald Link's Herb Saint.

— Kim Dickens

I worked as a scaffolder, worked as a chef, tried my hand working in a coffee shop, tried my hand as a…

— Gerry Cinnamon

Don't take a butcher's advice on how to cook meat. If he knew, he'd be a chef.

— Andy Rooney

Very good cooks who are employed as 'chefs' rarely refer to themselves as 'chefs.' They refer to themselves as 'cooks.'

— Alton Brown

TV is a deformed vision, an excessive caricature. A chef has to stay an artisan, not become a star.

— Alain Ducasse

The fact is I never intended to be a chef. After Oxford University I had this weird idea of running a nightclub.

— Rick Stein

Close interaction with farmers and scientists can expose the chef to new flavours that can be used to delight diners.

— Rene Redzepi

I decided to do something I've been wanting to do for a long time - go get a chef and a nutritionist…

— Deontay Wilder

Only when a chef changed the way you saw the world, through cooking, did food truly become art, and that was rare…

— Michael Ruhlman

I do a little bit of everything... kind of like being a chef on the court.

— Andre Iguodala

If my last supper was ever going to be cooked by a chef, it would have to be Thomas Keller.

— Gordon Ramsay

I always loved cooking, from an early age. I kind of wanted to be a chef.

— Caleb Followill

As a chef, I got into this because I love the creative energy and I love the science, but I also love…

— Christina Tosi