A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe. — Thomas Keller Copy Share Image
Top Chef is a very smooth-running machine. All the people working there are incredibly professional and absolutely at the top of their… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
All chefs are like Jewish mothers. They want to feed you and feed you and impress you. It's an eagerness to please. — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
You have to balance, but you can be aggressive as a chef. It benefits the food. You have to be passionate. You… — Marcus Samuelsson 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
As a chef my sense of taste and smell are extremely important. But of all the senses, sight is the one I'd… — Dave Myers Copy Share Image
If you are not extreme, then people will take shortcuts because they don't fear you. — Marco Pierre White Copy Share Image
“The kitchen is a high-speed environment, so the more flexible you are so better” — Marcel Riemer Copy Share Image
I love 'Gossip Girl.' I used to hang out with Blake Lively and Jessica Szohr. I'm also addicted to Bravo and reality… — Jessica Stroup Copy Share Image
My cousin owns restaurants, and I used to work in his restaurants with his chef. I've always liked food, and I've always… — Luke Pasqualino Copy Share Image
I liked the energy of cooking, the action, the camaraderie. I often compare the kitchen to sports and compare the chef to… — Todd English Copy Share Image
Peace begins in the kitchens and pantries, gardens and backyards, where our food is grown and prepared. The energies of nature and… — Michio Kushi Copy Share Image
I cannot bring myself to wear the Nobu hats, or the Nobu T-shirts. But the chef's jacket, that is mine. And when… — Nobu Matsuhisa Copy Share Image
I always tell my family - and they laugh about it - but someday, I will write a vegetarian book. My cousin,… — Guy Fieri 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
One of the reasons I'm called 'Demon Chef' is because in Hong Kong, people were calling me God chef, and I right… — Alvin Leung Copy Share Image
When we are trying to come up with new health laws, you bring doctors, you bring experts in medicine. In urban planning,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A sous-chef with dreams of her own restaurant empire may have mastered the art of classical French sauce making, but not yet… — Marian Deegan Copy Share Image
A common question asked of writers is "When did you decide to become a writer?" The answer, of course, is that we… — Mary Higgins Clark Copy Share Image
I'd like to help other comedians and when I get a little older I'd like to open up a nice comedy club… — Bruce Bruce Copy Share Image
Cooking is work that is traditionally done by working-class people. The work itself is not glamorous. It's repetitive, and it's a lot… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I studied music at school and played the recorder. Later in life music was a great way of supplementing my income because… — Ainsley Harriott Copy Share Image
I remember being a kid and wanting to be so many different things. There was even one point that I wanted to… — Eliza Scanlen Copy Share Image
A problem with school is that you often become what you study. If you study, let say cooking, you become a chef.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our clients wanted the restaurant experience, not their mother's buffet dinner - so we reached out to that world and hired a… — David Castle Copy Share Image
