Culinary Quote by Alton Brown

I had turned down other head chef jobs. I didn't want to take over someone else's cuisine. I wanted to start from scratch.

— Rene Redzepi

I started waiting tables in college and realized how much I loved the business and loved to cook. I decided to go to culinary…

— Anne Burrell

I didn't harbor a huge desire to become a chef until I graduated from college.

— Alex Guarnaschelli

I went to culinary school to eat.

— Christina Tosi

I wanted to work in corporate restaurants.

— Guy Fieri

When I left restaurants, I had to learn to be a home cook.

— Samin Nosrat

I used to be a chef.

— Roy Choi

The fact is I never intended to be a chef. After Oxford University I had this weird idea of running a nightclub.

— Rick Stein

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

I actually studied cooking and, like, was thinking about becoming a chef.

— Kehinde Wiley

I was brought up in a restaurant, I've worked in catering my whole life up until I was 20 full-time almost, I was a…

— Gok Wan

At a very young age, I fell in love with the idea of being in a restaurant and being surrounded with people around me.…

— Dominique Crenn