Acumen Quote by Adam Richman

I've had the privilege of having a lot of amazing people cook for me.

— Alex Guarnaschelli

I was surrounded by all different styles of cooking and worked in the food service industry in just about every capacity you can imagine.

— Rachael Ray

My subject matter was a genuine sort of experience that came out of my life, particularly the American world in which I was privileged…

— Wayne Thiebaud

As I finished up my time at Duke, I certainly wasn't a 'foodie' but I was learning to enjoy the finer things in the…

— J. J. Redick

The summer before I went to culinary school, my family wanted me to take a job on a movie to make sure that I…

— Giada De Laurentiis

My parents owned a soul food diner. It inspired me to go to culinary school.

— Flavor Flav

The things I was allowed to experience, the people I was able to call friends, teammates, mentors, coaches and opponents, the travel, all of…

— Curt Schilling

When I first started cooking, I was very much an intuitive cook when it came to taste, but that didn't mean I didn't want…

— Carla Hall

I found most of my learning has taken place after culinary college, when I travelled and met chefs and non-chefs.

— Ranveer Brar

My childhood wasn't full of wonderful culinary memories.

— Thomas Keller

My travels and everything that I do where travel has inspired and influenced not only the cooking that I do but also the restaurants…

— David Myers

I moved to Louisiana to become the executive Chef at Commander's Place. And I must say I had some encouragement from friends such as…

— Emeril Lagasse