--- title: "15 Cooks Quotes By Anthony Bourdain" description: "15 Cooks quotes by Anthony Bourdain. Plus more from Anthony Bourdain and more Cooks sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c91/anthony-bourdain-649_chef_i-wanted-to-write-in-kitchenese-the-secr_2918223.jpg" --- > [I wanted to write in Kitchenese, the secret language of cooks, instantly recognizable to anyone who has ever dunked french fries for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-wanted-to-write-in-kitchenese-the-secret-language-of-cooks/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c91/anthony-bourdain-649_chef_i-wanted-to-write-in-kitchenese-the-secr_2918223.jpg) > [I'm a decent cook; I'm a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-m-a-decent-cook-i-m-a-decent-chef-none-of-my-friends-would-ever/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5e/anthony-bourdain-649_career_i-m-a-decent-cook-i-m-a-decent-chef-none_336085.jpg) > [I'm not impressed by any cooks who can brag about a filet mignon. A guy who can take the neck of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-m-not-impressed-by-any-cooks-who-can-brag-about-a-filet-mignon-a/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/anthony-bourdain-649_brag_i-m-not-impressed-by-any-cooks-who-can-b_1728782.jpg) > [My tastes in what I eat at home would be very familiar to most people who cook for families. I just organize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/my-tastes-in-what-i-eat-at-home-would-be-very-familiar-to-most-people/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98b/anthony-bourdain-649_bits_my-tastes-in-what-i-eat-at-home-would-be_1136793.jpg) > [I've been really fortunate in that I guess I was hired to do 'A Cook's Tour;' I was already a known quantity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-ve-been-really-fortunate-in-that-i-guess-i-was-hired-to-do-a-cook-s/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/anthony-bourdain-649_book_i-ve-been-really-fortunate-in-that-i-gue_597639.jpg) > [When I cook, I generally stick with what I know, what I'm comfortable with, and what I feel I've paid my dues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/when-i-cook-i-generally-stick-with-what-i-know-what-i-m-comfortable/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/anthony-bourdain-649_comfortable_when-i-cook-i-generally-stick-with-what_357191.jpg) > [If you go to chefs all across America and ask them, 'What's your biggest problem right now?,' It is finding people to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/if-you-go-to-chefs-all-across-america-and-ask-them-what-s-your/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/anthony-bourdain-649_america_if-you-go-to-chefs-all-across-america-an_935271.jpg) > [Learn how to cook a (effing) omelet. I mean, what nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast? You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/learn-how-to-cook-a-effing-omelet-i-mean-what-nicer-thing-can-you-do/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/anthony-bourdain-649_breakfast_learn-how-to-cook-a-effing-omelet-i-mean_1793128.jpg) > [I've been cooking for a nine-year-old and her friends for the better part of seven or eight years. It's how I cook…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-ve-been-cooking-for-a-nine-year-old-and-her-friends-for-the-better/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00b/anthony-bourdain-649_absence_i-ve-been-cooking-for-a-nine-year-old-an_455838.jpg) > [When my father passed, I was still an unsuccessful cook with a drug problem. I was in my mid-thirties, standing behind an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/when-my-father-passed-i-was-still-an-unsuccessful-cook-with-a-drug/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/anthony-bourdain-649_achieve_when-my-father-passed-i-was-still-an-uns_1586095.jpg) > [Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/bad-food-is-made-without-pride-by-cooks-who-have-no-pride-and-no-love/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2af/anthony-bourdain-649_ability_bad-food-is-made-without-pride-by-cooks_3163350.jpg) > [Few things are more beautiful to me than a bunch of thuggish, heavily tattooed line cooks moving around each other like ballerinas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/few-things-are-more-beautiful-to-me-than-a-bunch-of-thuggish-heavily/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/anthony-bourdain-649_ballerina_few-things-are-more-beautiful-to-me-than_2145089.jpg) > [If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/if-you-re-twenty-two-physically-fit-hungry-to-learn-and-be-better-i/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/anthony-bourdain-649_cooks_if-you-re-twenty-two-physically-fit-hung_2731023.jpg) > [The mishandling of food and equipment with panache was always admired; to some extent, this remains true to this day. Butchers still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/the-mishandling-of-food-and-equipment-with-panache-was-always-admired/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/anthony-bourdain-649_butchers_the-mishandling-of-food-and-equipment-wi_1315540.jpg) > ['Kitchen Confidential' wasn't a cautionary or an expose. I wrote it as an entertainment for New York tri-state area line cooks and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/kitchen-confidential-wasn-t-a-cautionary-or-an-expose-i-wrote-it-as/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/785/anthony-bourdain-649_confidential_kitchen-confidential-wasn-t-a-cautionary_396185.jpg) ## Other authors on Cooks ## More by Anthony Bourdain > [Everything important I learned, I learned as a dishwasher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/everything-important-i-learned-i-learned-as-a-dishwasher/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) > [ \[When I die\], I will decidedly not be regretting missed opportunities for a good time. My regrets will be more along the lines of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/when-i-die-i-will-decidedly-not-be-regretting-missed-opportunities/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) > [I'm at my most productive before I even have my first cup of coffee. I only get slower and stupider as the day progresses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-m-at-my-most-productive-before-i-even-have-my-first-cup-of-coffee-i/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) > [The Italians seem to have a better attitude with kids and the food is great!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/the-italians-seem-to-have-a-better-attitude-with-kids-and-the-food-is/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) > [Just because I like sushi, doesn't mean I can make sushi. I've come to well understand how many years just to get sushi rice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/just-because-i-like-sushi-doesn-t-mean-i-can-make-sushi-i-ve-come-to/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) > [At the end of the day, the TV show is the best job in the world. I get to go anywhere I want, eat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/at-the-end-of-the-day-the-tv-show-is-the-best-job-in-the-world-i-get/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) > [I've sat in sushi bars, really fine ones, and I know how hard this guy worked, how proud he is. I know you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-ve-sat-in-sushi-bars-really-fine-ones-and-i-know-how-hard-this-guy/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) > [“What’s the most frightening thing to a child? The pain of being the outsider, of looking ridiculous to others, of being teased or picked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/what-s-the-most-frightening-thing-to-a-child-the-pain-of-being-the/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) > [“I saw how three or four ingredients, as long as they are of the highest and freshest quality, can be combined in a straightforward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-saw-how-three-or-four-ingredients-as-long-as-they-are-of-the/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) > [My mom had Julia Child and 'The Fannie Farmer Cookbook' on top of the refrigerator, and she had a small repertoire of French dishes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/my-mom-had-julia-child-and-the-fannie-farmer-cookbook-on-top-of-the/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) > [If you go to working class, and working poor areas of America, the food sources that are relegated to them are generally limited to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/if-you-go-to-working-class-and-working-poor-areas-of-america-the-food/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) > [You realize after you travel enough that there's some things that, no matter how good you are at making television, no matter how good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/you-realize-after-you-travel-enough-that-there-s-some-things-that-no/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) > [“Imagine… There’s a roast goose in Hong Kong—Mongkok, near the outskirts of the city, the place looks like any other. But you sink your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/imagine-there-s-a-roast-goose-in-hong-kong-mongkok-near-the-outskirts/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) > [If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/if-i-m-an-advocate-for-anything-it-s-to-move-as-far-as-you-can-as/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) > [“The essence of cool, after all, is not giving a fuck. And let’s face it: I most definitely give a fuck now. I give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/the-essence-of-cool-after-all-is-not-giving-a-fuck-and-let-s-face-it/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cooks/anthony-bourdain/#itemlist", "name": "15 Cooks Quotes By Anthony Bourdain", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wanted to write in Kitchenese, the secret language of cooks, instantly recognizable to anyone who has ever dunked french fries for a summer job or suffered under the despotic rule of a tyrannical chef or boobish owner.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anthony Bourdain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-wanted-to-write-in-kitchenese-the-secret-language-of-cooks/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c91/anthony-bourdain-649_chef_i-wanted-to-write-in-kitchenese-the-secr_2918223.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c91/anthony-bourdain-649_chef_i-wanted-to-write-in-kitchenese-the-secr_2918223.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c91/anthony-bourdain-649_chef_i-wanted-to-write-in-kitchenese-the-secr_2918223.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I wanted to write in Kitchenese, the secret language of cooks, instantly recognizable to anyone who has ever…” — Anthony Bourdain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a decent cook; I'm a decent chef. 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