Chefs Quotes · Page 4

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

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

— Ming-Na Wen

In any restaurant of this caliber, the chefs are in the same position, building relationships.

— Thomas Keller

I know pastry chefs who are overwhelmed by the idea of tasting, rather than measuring, their way to a balanced vinaigrette.

— Samin Nosrat

5-star chefs stay cooking in the kitchen but only making that good shit, see the way I'm living they like oh my…

— Mac Miller

HGTV design folks and chefs are exactly the same people. One designs, the other cooks - that's the only difference.

— Antonia Lofaso

I've discovered the burger is a crazy thing in Vegas, but I was one of the early chefs to do a lot…

— Daniel Boulud

All great chefs have two things in common. First, they respect nature as the true artist, and they are just cooks. Second,…

— Marco Pierre White

The restaurant chefs in Spain are breaking ground, but in terms of the everyday cooking in Spain I still hear people coming…

— Sally Schneider

Chefs don't use white pepper just to avoid spoiling the whiteness of pommes puree or bechamel. It has a more peppery aroma,…

— Yotam Ottolenghi

It's very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it's merely about combining ingredients,…

— Ferran Adria

I love food and lots of my friends are chefs. I love dishes from my Russian-Polish Jewish heritage. I like to make…

— Kim Bodnia

One of the best things about 'The Chefs' Line' has been seeing how these generations-honed recipes fare when they go up against…

— Melissa Leong

“Lots of famous chefs today don’t look whacked, because they don’t work. They have a healthy glow and a clear complexion. There…

— Marco Pierre White

“Chefs and surgeons, historians, athletes, all so full of wonder, lovingly careful, and living right at the point of contact, the nailhead…

— Jalaluddin Rumi

“You have come nearer to mastering a good many aspects of cooking than anyone except a handful of great chefs, and some…

— Joan Reardon

“Many argue, pointing out that the majority of top chefs are male and while I accept that I could never hope to…

— Mrs. Stephen Fry

What I've learned over the years is it's so much better to surround yourself with real talent and hire real chefs. I…

— Michael Mina

We have very professional, amazing chefs that are contestants. Most of them have their own restaurants and are settled, recognized chefs in…

— Ana Claudia Talancon

Many chefs of a certain caliber do not see me as a chef. I don't have a restaurant. They see me as…

— Giada De Laurentiis

In Singapore, there is this life and locals and restaurants and then big casinos and an array of chefs, and even Miami…

— Daniel Boulud

Movies are grander, with (in my experience) more heavy weight chefs in the kitchen: the studio, the producers, the writers. All of…

— Neal Brennan

The person who's receiving the food cooks as much as the chef. They have a very important role to play... There's no…

— Ferran Adria

I love 'Iron Chef' and I love 'Chopped.' I watch both of them. I think it is crazy what those chefs go…

— Guy Fieri

I spent time at my grandfather Dino's gourmet store where he brought in chefs from Naples to cook. I thought of them…

— Giada De Laurentiis

I love chicken. But, like a lot of chefs and cooks, I get tired of preparing it the same way.

— Marcus Samuelsson

I don't know any group of professionals that mobilize as fast and as often as chefs do when there are people who…

— Anonymous

The problem is that there is many great chefs and many great cookbooks, but none of them work at home.

— Daniel Boulud

It's great that Mary Berry got a primetime TV show, but I don't think there are enough women chefs on TV.

— Rachel Khoo

You look at most of these 'best chef' lists, and there are about nine male chefs and one woman chef. The problem…

— Dominique Crenn

We need representation of different chefs, as well as different foods.

— Sohla El-Waylly

There are so many impassioned winemakers. I think there are more impassioned winemakers than chefs.

— Alain Ducasse

Long Island for me, it's producing more chefs coming out of there than Paris.

— Gordon Ramsay

Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit.

— Charlie Trotter

Chefs have always been leaders, but now, because of social media and the evolution of the chef identity, we have a voice…

— Roy Choi

I have met a lot of top chefs around the world during my travels. Each one of them has said 'Ratatouille' is…

— John Lasseter

Chefs have only been able to work in restaurants, high-end cuisine. Why? Why haven't they been able to find other scenarios? For…

— Ferran Adria

Some of the greatest chefs in the world aren't classically trained. Thomas Keller - probably the greatest American chef ever to walk…

— Michael Symon

One of the things I've found now, not just for television, but in the restaurant, is that you have many anxious chefs,…

— Wolfgang Puck