Birthday Quote by Alice Waters

For a meal out, my number one restaurant is Peter's Inn. I first went there when it was an old biker bar. Believe me,…

— John Waters

I was always inspired by restaurants like La Tulipe in Manhattan. You'd walk right by and say, 'Oh what a lovely house.' You didn't…

— Charlie Trotter

I didn't open a restaurant, but I did go to a few cooking schools. It was too much like hard work!

— Christine McVie

I worked in restaurants the first half of my life.

— Bradley Cooper

I was raised in restaurants. My parents opened their first restaurant, Buonavia, in Queens when I was just 3. This business has always been…

— Joe Bastianich

I had one of the best nights of my life in a restaurant called Barclay Prime. It was a steak house that mixed modern…

— Phil Rudd

I had a lot of fun creating some restaurants with a casual note to it, such as DBGB, for example, where it was about…

— Daniel Boulud

For years I have really wanted to create my own special dining experience that people never forget.

— Phil Rudd

I opened my own restaurant when I was 17. I went broke, then traveled around the country, learning about different kinds of foods, had…

— Paul Prudhomme

I started in the restaurant business at the age of 19 as a waitress. I loved the atmosphere and the camaraderie of the restaurant…

— Anne Burrell

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

— Flavor Flav

I grew up in the restaurant business, and that's always something I wanted to do.

— Nick Foles