I just find the world very exciting and beautiful everywhere. — Eric Ripert Beautiful Copy Share Image
I don't think I have an obsession, however I do eat chocolate every day. — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
I don't like it when I go to a restaurant and I'm lectured from the menu. — Eric Ripert Food Copy Share Image
Cooks build muscles; we can stand all day long on our feet and not feel the pain. — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
My New Year's resolution is to cut my diet sodas down to two cans a day! — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
I find the organic wave much more interesting in America than in France. — Eric Ripert America Copy Share Image
When I see someone who has responsibilities, most of the time I can pinpoint that person because of the way he carries… — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
My mother and my grandmother would make an apple tart in different styles, and I had one per day. Every day I… — Eric Ripert Apples Copy Share Image
I am not a picture guy. I like to live in the present and keep the image of the past vivid in… — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
For me, food is about memories, feelings, emotions, and so is Le Bernardin, and that's why it's not just a restaurant. — Eric Ripert Emotion Copy Share Image
When I started to work in Paris in fine dining, the passion really kicked in, and I knew that I would not,… — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
A lot of people believe that when you are Buddhist, you are the Dalai Lama. I'm certainly not. — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
Having sharp, great knives will enable you to cook very precisely. Knife skills are essential in cooking. — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
I am a Buddhist, therefore I should not be collecting anything - however, I have a collection of Buddhas. I have a… — Eric Ripert Buddhism Copy Share Image
Just walking in the kitchen (and we have three kitchens at Le Bernardin), I exercise quite a lot. I also walk in… — Eric Ripert Central park Copy Share Image
The nature of human beings is to eat meat and fruits and vegetables, and therefore we have to kill animals. I don't… — Eric Ripert Animal Copy Share Image
It's a very naive idea to think that the chef is cooking everything, and, on top of it, is irreplaceable. That would… — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to support his own region and economy and farming. If we can preserve the land and if we can preserve… — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
When I was twelve, I decided to become a chef. I stole a book from the library about the greatest restaurants in… — Eric Ripert Book Copy Share Image
Fast food is both evil and genius. Because of it we can feed a large number of people fairly decently at an… — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
At 15, I had to choose a vocational school, and I was delighted, of course, to go to culinary school. But learning… — Eric Ripert Basics Copy Share Image
I like the dynamic of PBS. They're very honest and authentic. — Eric Ripert Authentic Copy Share Image
If you can't think like an onion or a carrot or a tomato, you may be a technician, but you won't understand… — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
Well, cooking starts with shopping. If the ingredients are not good, you don't do it. Just change your mind and do something… — Eric Ripert Changing your mind Copy Share Image
I love eggs. When it's the season of truffles, scrambled eggs with truffles, and I'm happy. I'm smiling like that. — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
I see a lot of people who change careers in the middle of their life and they think it's a good idea… — Eric Ripert Career Copy Share Image
In a professional kitchen, the idea is to have your cooks not moving much while they're cooking. You want them to stay… — Eric Ripert Cooking Copy Share Image
If I go to a nightclub, even if the music is good, if the sound system is not, I don't stay. — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
I'm very inspired by other cultures and very often use what I perceive to be exotic ingredients. — Eric Ripert Cultures Copy Share Image
To me, it's very important to have time at the restaurant but also time with family and time for myself. — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
