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Food Quotes by Gino D'Acampo

42 Food quotes by Gino D'Acampo

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A kitchen full of tips shows how early love of ingredients can become expertise. The quotes talk about Italian habits like buying seasonal produce and keeping pasta sauces separate, and they stress that families should enjoy simple, fresh meals. They also joke that many wives wish their husbands would cook.

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French food is too poncy.

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I get asked for cooking tips all the time.

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I'd love everyone to try authentic Italian food.

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My favorite pizza is the real Neapolitan - Italian sausage, friarielli, mozzarella and chilli.

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Food should be simple, colorful and accessible to everybody.

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I think every lady wishes their husband would cook.

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I understood food from a very early age. I understood the combination of ingredients very early.

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I like Chinese and Indian food, but only every couple of weeks.

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The personality of a restaurant is very important.

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We Italians respect food and ingredients more than anyone else.

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One thing we don't have in Italy is the culture of Chinese, Indian, French and Thai food.

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My grandfather was a chef and would make everything himself, including the wine, and had his own huge pizza oven. All the…

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If I'm feeling nostalgic, the first thing I do is open a packet of spaghetti, olive oil in a pan, garlic, a…

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Italian people are so proud to show off. A little bit too much, I have to say. Wherever you go, they prepare…

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Generally, Italians just eat better. They're not doing that thing where they're eating two or three hundred grams of pasta. They're never…

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As far as Italian ingredients, I always have one of those plants of fresh basil in the house, and some mozzarella in…

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I don't do cookery shows to show off, I do it to encourage people. What's the point in going on TV and…

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There is a huge misconception that you need to spend hours in the kitchen to produce something special.

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Always buy dry pasta, not fresh. 90 percent of Italians use dried pasta as it keeps its al dente shape more perfectly…

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My only ambition was to have a restaurant and bring real Italian food to this country. Television was never even part of…

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My favorite breakfast that is nutritious and very quick to do is eggs. Of course not everyday because that's not good for…

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My mother would never say anything I cooked for her was great. She was always a 'Yeah, but' person. When she tasted…

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We don't do spaghetti and Bolognese sauce together in Italy. That is technically wrong because when you lift up the spaghetti the…

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A lot of people believe Italian food is tasty because there are a lot of ingredients. But they don't understand that the…

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My kids are not allowed to be fussy eaters. The problem with fussy children is their stupid parents. I run a family…

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For many, the gastronomic heart of Italy is the Emilia-Romagna region. Its capital is Bologna, which is often overlooked by tourists but…

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Nowadays, everyone writes a cookbook. Models, singers, whatever, everybody thinks that they can do it and cook on TV. What they don't…

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Rushing around my restaurants and doing a lot of walking when I film in Italy and a bit of swimming and running…

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A key rule for every cook should be not to buy food when it's out of season because it's expensive and tastes…

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People should always have a good bottle of extra virgin olive oil, a packet of pasta, tinned tomatoes and a good cheese…

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I had never seen an avocado until I came to London in 1994. They just weren't a feature of southern Italian cuisine.

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Only the French people say French food is the finest cuisine in the world. If you ask anyone else, they will tell…

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Very few Italian restaurants in Britain do a good job. They're too scared to show you what real Italian food is like…

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I'm very lucky because I can say to my wife, 'Is there any chance we can have shepherd's pie or this or…

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A lot of food shows are people wanting to become celebrities, rather than encouraging people to cook.

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There is no way on Earth I'm going to get a call from 'Bake Off!' It is a British institution. People sit…

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I had wanted to be a dentist, but ended up being a chef. I think I've always had a fascination for jobs…

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The problem many people have with Italian food is they over-complicate it. Italian food is extremely simple.

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Everybody in Italy cooks. They have a better knowledge of the kitchen - that's the place around which the whole of Italian…

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I can cook in front of millions of people on TV, I don't care. But cooking for my own family really freaked…

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I get asked for cooking tips all the time.

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I understood food from a very early age. I understood the combination of ingredients very early.

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My father always encouraged me to do whatever I wanted, providing I was happy. He wanted me to go to school, but because I…

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My kids are not allowed to be fussy eaters. The problem with fussy children is their stupid parents. I run a family kitchen and…

Generally, Italians just eat better. They're not doing that thing where they're eating two or three hundred grams of pasta. They're never eating a…

A key rule for every cook should be not to buy food when it's out of season because it's expensive and tastes awful.