You want to be the baddest guy in the kitchen and you want the person next to you to know it. — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I think the most effective way to run a kitchen is to teach, not to just yell. — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
Too often, chefs just want to experiment - they want to use liquid nitrogen before they know how to use heat. — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I know from personal experience, if a chef yelled at me in a kitchen, the first thing I'd want to do is… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I think steak is the ultimate comfort food, and if you're going out for one, that isn't the time to scrimp on… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
'Chef' doesn't mean that you're the best cook, it simply means 'boss.' — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
It's my belief that cooking is a craft. I think that you can push it into the realm of art, but it… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I'd like to see 'Top Chef: Amateur'. Sometimes we have an amateur chef on the show and they just can't cut it… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
Most cooks try to learn by making dishes. Doesn't mean you can cook. It means you can make that dish. When you… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
There's a food revolution going on throughout the country. And it doesn't matter if you're down south, up north in Maine, if… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
Hunger is a political issue, and there are several things politically that are keeping people hungry - not funding food stamps adequately,… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
So you can say, 'Get Big Government out of here, and don't tell me what to eat,' but when kids are going… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
Don't touch my napkin. I do not want the server to pick up the napkin and put it on my lap. I… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
As a chef, I had started working with groups like Share Our Strength and various local food banks in New York, raising… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
We're adults. We're the ones who should teach the kids what's good to eat. I don't think the government should ever regulate… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
Asian food is very easy to like because it hits your mouth very differently than European food does. In European food, there… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
Many of them have accomplished a lot before they ever get to 'Top Chef' although they're not well known. The show just… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
There's the issue of hunger, and there's an issue of if you're going to cut out food programs. We should be focusing… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I remember in the first season going, 'This is retarded. I can't believe they're making chefs do this.' But then it actually… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
Making ribs in Texas isn't that unusual a choice for 'Top Chef'. We played the stereotypes everywhere we go. It's not only… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I dont know too many parents that want to feed their kids soda, but high-fructose corn syrup is cheap. The price of… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of grilling meat, since that tends to dry it out, and I find grill marks leave a bitter… — Tom Colicchio 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
Buy the best you can find or afford and don't over manipulate it. If I cook a scallop, the best praise you… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I travel around and hear from so many kids. Their parents say they were always very picky but they watch the show… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I can't deal with a lot of spice but I have to eat it. I pay the price - I'm on medication… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
My chefs don't apply for 'Top Chef'. They all know that there is no way. At the end of the process I… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
Most cooks try to learn by making dishes. Doesnt mean you can cook. It means you can make that dish. When you… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
Sometimes these challenges naturally select more chefs that can think on their feet very quickly. There are chefs I know who won't… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
A couple of months ago, I was down in Florida for the Food and Wine Festival. And this journalist grabbed me and… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
This is what people don't understand: obesity is a symptom of poverty. It's not a lifestyle choice where people are just eating… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I call all chefs 'cooks.' They're all cooks. That's what we do, we cook. You're a chef when you're running a kitchen. — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I hate okra and grated mountain yam for the same reason. They're both slimy. — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I know how to make sausage, and now that I've seen how laws are made, I'll stick with sausage. — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I started cooking 30-something years ago. When I was 14, 15, I was a short-order cook in a snack bar. That was… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I don't have a Facebook page and I don't think I will but Twitter for me is a way to take control of the… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I'd like to see 'Top Chef: Amateur'. Sometimes we have an amateur chef on the show and they just can't cut it against the… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I remember in the first season going, 'This is retarded. I can't believe they're making chefs do this.' But then it actually does show… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
A couple of months ago, I was down in Florida for the Food and Wine Festival. And this journalist grabbed me and said, 'How… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
Hunger is a political issue, and there are several things politically that are keeping people hungry - not funding food stamps adequately, not funding… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
'Chef' doesn't mean that you're the best cook, it simply means 'boss.' — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
If I'm doing an event, if it's a charity event, where it's a walk-around event, where I gotta put a thousand small plates out… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
There's a food revolution going on throughout the country. And it doesn't matter if you're down south, up north in Maine, if you're out… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I think steak is the ultimate comfort food, and if you're going out for one, that isn't the time to scrimp on calories or… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
Most cooks try to learn by making dishes. Doesn't mean you can cook. It means you can make that dish. When you can cook… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
