One of the smartest things you can do on 'Chopped' is to take one of those ingredients and make a pickle out of it, because almost every dish benefits from that. I'm feeling like those intuitions are becoming more natural. — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
The best way to learn is live, in person, cooking, feeling, smelling and tasting, but TV is the second-best thing to that; it's a halfway facsimile. — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day. — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
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… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who they are. — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
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… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
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… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
People want honest, flavourful food, not some show-off meal that takes days to prepare. — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness... — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen. — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
When I come home from a shoot, I'd rather reheat food I've made than eat takeout. — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
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… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
The world is full of people who would like nothing better than to spend six hours on a golf course. I would rather be… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
