Chef Quotes · Page 14

A chef is a mixture maybe of artistry and craft. You have to learn the craft really to get there.

— Wolfgang Puck

“The chef who cooks without a song on his lips cannot hope to infuse the right carefree improvisatory note into his art.”

— James Hamilton-Paterson

Whenever I want to know how to cook something, I can't ask one chef - I have to ask six.

— Alice Waters

Even growing up, I was always the helper-outer, the sous-chef to my parents.

— Lindsey Vonn

I'm a chef, I own restaurants, and there's a behavior in the kitchen you have to have.

— Guy Fieri

Cooking was taken with such seriousness in France that even ordinary chefs were proud of their profession. That's what appealed to me.

— Julia Child

Chefs have a new opportunity - and perhaps even an obligation - to inform the public about what is good to eat,…

— Rene Redzepi

Essentially, for me, the whole point of being a chef is to have your own restaurant.

— Ranveer Brar

[Molecular gastronomy] was a great trend, because it experimented with food. The benchmark was [former elBulli head chef] Ferran Adrià, and now…

— Gordon Ramsay

The internet has become such a great tool not just for chefs but for everyone. The net has given everyone the tools…

— Graham Kerr

I think the future for young chefs is much brighter than it was 40 years ago. Because people have become so much…

— Andre Soltner

You don’t have to look far to taste some of the best food the world has to offer. I’d pit my grandmother…

— Nadia Giosia

Even if the chef has a good business head, his focus should be behind kitchen doors. A business partner should take care…

— Bobby Flay

The better the ingredients, the more farmers I can buy from, the closer I feel to the food I want to make…

— Alexandra Guarnaschelli

My reasons for becoming a chef are somewhat of a cliche. I always loved to eat but it was watching my parents…

— Alexandra Guarnaschelli

In recent years, I've been writing because I'm fortunate enough to work in the world of food television, to travel and taste…

— Ted Allen

Marcus Samuelsson is a chef who inspires me everyday. He has such a deep understanding of flavors and techniques. His food is…

— Aaron Sanchez

I started to change. It was sort of a restaurant mid-life crisis, you could say. I lost a lot of confidence, not…

— Rene Redzepi

Management is a far more homely business than its would be scientists suggest, more closely allied to cookery than any other human…

— Robert Heller

Italy itself has 21 different micro-regions. You go within each of those regions, there's even super-micro-regions; and the beauty is that when…

— Mario Batali

The pendulum of cookery techniques became more significant than the actual experience. And when that happens, the customer's satisfaction becomes secondary to…

— Mario Batali

If there was ever a food that had politics behind it, it is soul food. Soul food became a symbol of the…

— Marcie Cohen Ferris

At first, I found the feedback quite harsh; having people judge you and say you're horrible is difficult. I was being called…

— Monica Galetti

Millions of American women, and some men, commit that outrage every summer day. They are turning a superb treat into mere provender.…

— Rex Stout

Both my parents are chefs... I grew up in a restaurant and was always surrounded by cooks. I love food.

— Ming-Na Wen

Historically, almost every cookbook and chef have taught that when you're cooking a piece of meat, the first step should be searing.

— J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

Cooking grits and riding dick. Swear she the best chef around. Pop that p*ssy, now let me see you doo doo brown.

— Tyga

“We can't all be bakers or chefs. Many of us have modest ambitions. But we can all buy a piece of the…

— Amah Lambert

My boyfriend's a real chef, so I steer clear of him when I'm in the kitchen - I wouldn't like him to…

— Alice Levine

We are foodies, we love to eat, my dad's a chef, and coming from an Italian family, we love to eat.

— Mandy Rose

Food is life, life is food. If you don't like my approach you are welcome to go down to McDonalds.

— Keith Floyd

If you're not the one cooking, stay out of the way and compliment the chef.

— Michael Strahan

To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living.

— Anthony Bourdain

I didn't harbor a huge desire to become a chef until I graduated from college.

— Alex Guarnaschelli

Do we really require so many gardening programmes, makeover programmes or celebrity chefs?

— David Attenborough

Well, yeah. You said you wanted Italian. See. Chef Boyardee. He makes one the best stuff. (Tabitha)

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Some days I'm Uncle Situation, other days I'm Dr. Situation, I'm Chef Situation.

— Michael Sorrentino

Chef cookin for me They say my shoe game crazy The mental asylum lookin for me

— Nicki Minaj

As a chef, a mom, and a member of Team No Kid Hungry, I believe that every child deserves three meals a…

— Alex Guarnaschelli

Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't…

— Ian Somerhalder