I'm in a place where I feel comfortable not being a chef anymore. That's taboo in our industry. 'Chef' is supposed to… — Roy Choi Copy Share Image
I swear, I didn't really go in thinking, 'I'll be the Simon Cowell' of 'Top Chef.' I was just used to being… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
The hardest thing for a chef is to become comfortable with what you do. Not to be too neurotic and worried with… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
Growing up as a young chef, the cookbooks I had, and I remember, were the Roux brothers. The Roux brothers for me… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter one damn bit whether fashion is art or not. You don't question whether an incredible chef is an artist… — Sonia Rykiel Copy Share Image
If you were to go to a restaurant and disagree with Daniel Boulud, he'd probably throw something at you. Restaurant chefs have… — David Castle Copy Share Image
My aunt is a famous L.A. chef, Susan Feniger, and she's got Street and Border Grill. So a fun night out for… — Ben Feldman Copy Share Image
It goes back to the early days in the kitchen where you would be tasting dishes all night long, so the last… — Gordon Ramsay Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a rock star chef, I really don't. I cook for a living and I try to help out… — Robert Irvine Copy Share Image
My family truly believes they are better cooks than I am. They see me as Giada, not as a celebrity chef. To… — Giada De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
I think I'm going to give my baby her first food on Thanksgiving, make her some organic sweet potato. I'm very excited!… — Lily Aldridge Copy Share Image
The hardest thing about being a full time chef is leaving my work behind when I go home at night. I'll toss… — Alexandra Guarnaschelli Copy Share Image
When I'm back in New York - and this is a terrible thing to complain about - I eat a lot more… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I once spent 10 days wandering the Patagonian countryside in search of the perfect grass-fed steak, and I've engaged in the questionable… — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
“If you want to know what it looks like when a man falls in love with his passion, just watch a chef… — Himmilicious Copy Share Image
I have a Madonna portrait done in the style of a Russian icon. My mother, the chef Lidia Bastianich, and I bought… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
I work on most weekends, so my husband is the executive chef. He is an amazing cook. I love the way he… — Erica Durance Copy Share Image
Movies are grander, with (in my experience) more heavy weight chefs in the kitchen: the studio, the producers, the writers. All of… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
Probably a mistake, you know, that people make in America, to think that all great chefs are a male... I'm still the… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
Cooking is not difficult. Everyone has taste, even if they don't realize it. Even if you're not a great chef, there's nothing… — Gerard Depardieu Copy Share Image
A lot of chefs are traditional and do it very well. But the ones who are the most successful are the ones… — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
She looked at me and laughed pointlessly. Then she flounced over to the dog, kissed it with ecstasy, and swept into the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
We are not really privy to all that crazy stuff that goes on in the show. I go to work, eat, and… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
[Eva Braun] would also refer to [Adolf Hitler] as "the boss" (der Chef), but she never called him "Adolf" or "Adi" to… — Gretl Braun Copy Share Image
People complain that chefs aren't at their restaurants anymore, but I don't think that's the case at all. You see them on… — Michael Symon Copy Share Image
Yeah, I worked with a chef when I first got into the league. We did all my blood work and found out… — Christian McCaffrey Copy Share Image
The biggest challenge of being a pastry chef is that, unlike other types of chefs, you can't throw things together at a… — Carla Hall Copy Share Image
When I was twelve, I decided to become a chef. I stole a book from the library about the greatest restaurants in… — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
Male egos require constant stroking. Every task is an achievement, every success epic. That is why women cook, but men are chefs:… — Belle de Jour Copy Share Image
I've been a model for 15 years, and I've been on 'Top Chef' for eight seasons, and before that I had other… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
There's only one cook in the kitchen, only one chef. I let the soloists do their thing - you've gotta let a… — Gregg Allman Copy Share Image
Collectively the media; the meat, oil, and dairy industries; most prominent chefs and cookbook authors; and our own government are not presenting… — Caldwell Esselstyn Copy Share Image
The summer after college, I got a job as a chef at Conscience Point Inn in Southampton. I spent the summer on… — Andrew Zimmern Copy Share Image
I've been a cook all my life, but I am still learning to be a good chef. I'm always learning new techniques… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
How many chefs do we know that prefer cooking for chefs than they do customers, yet customers are returning repeatedly and it's… — Gordon Ramsay Copy Share Image
I'm not a trained chef. I'm a self-taught cook, and I want people to be like, 'Yo, I could do that! Maybe… — Haylie Duff Copy Share Image
I am not very convinced with having a signature dish. The whole point of being a chef is going to a new… — Ranveer Brar Copy Share Image
It's an interesting thing, Top Chef. Some of the contestants will make you one great dish, and then make you something on… — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
During my rookie year, my parents always talked about me needing vegetables. I was like, 'I'm not a cook. I'm not a… — A'ja Wilson Copy Share Image
America gave me the opportunity to open successful restaurants, start a TV show, and write books. I can even fill an auditorium… — Anonymous Copy Share Image