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title: "1 Cook Dinner Quotes By Ted Allen"
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> [People who hardly ever cook at all, suddenly at the holidays, feel like it's their responsibility to not only cook dinner for large groups of people suddenly, but to serve things that are fussy or fancy or formal. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/people-who-hardly-ever-cook-at-all-suddenly-at-the-holidays-feel-like/)

[Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/)

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## More by Ted Allen

> [Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/jay-leno-is-not-a-guy-who-likes-change-he-eats-the-same-food-every-day/)

[Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/)

> [It's a 12-hour cooking class for me on the set of 'Chopped.' You'd think I'd get sick of it, but it's a source of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/it-s-a-12-hour-cooking-class-for-me-on-the-set-of-chopped-you-d-think/)

[Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/)

> [The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/the-great-mystery-to-me-is-how-restaurant-critics-think-they-can-get/)

[Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/)

> [Cooking allows you to have travels, adventures and journeys without going anywhere. The running joke between my partner and me is that I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/cooking-allows-you-to-have-travels-adventures-and-journeys-without/)

[Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/)

> [I went in saying I wanted to be the food guy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/i-went-in-saying-i-wanted-to-be-the-food-guy/)

[Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/)

> [Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and creative. You're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/cooking-for-people-is-an-enormously-significant-expression-of/)

[Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/)

> [People want honest, flavourful food, not some show-off meal that takes days to prepare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/people-want-honest-flavourful-food-not-some-show-off-meal-that-takes/)

[Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/)

> [Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/cooking-for-people-is-an-enormously-significant-expression-of-2/)

[Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/)

> [I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/i-like-to-have-friends-in-the-kitchen-and-make-a-big-mess-and-use/)

[Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/)

> [When I come home from a shoot, I'd rather reheat food I've made than eat takeout.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/when-i-come-home-from-a-shoot-i-d-rather-reheat-food-i-ve-made-than/)

[Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/)

> [Believe me, I understand the need for easy and speedy. After a 12-hour day of shooting 'Chopped,' say, I'm talking stir-fry, spaghetti, heck, peanut-butter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/believe-me-i-understand-the-need-for-easy-and-speedy-after-a-12-hour/)

[Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/)

> [The world is full of people who would like nothing better than to spend six hours on a golf course. I would rather be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/the-world-is-full-of-people-who-would-like-nothing-better-than-to/)

[Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/)

> [Well, we don't take money from people and then show the product. It has to be a product that we like anyway, and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/well-we-don-t-take-money-from-people-and-then-show-the-product-it-has/)

[Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/)

> [Two words to improve any dish. Ba, Con](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/two-words-to-improve-any-dish-ba-con/)

[Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/)

> [I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really admire a lot. I've learned a lot from her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/i-had-a-really-good-time-with-martha-stewart-who-also-is-somebody-i/)

[Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/)

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