Chef Quotes
371 quotes by 204 authors
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Cookbooks have all become baroque and very predictable. I'm looking for something different. A lot of chefs' cookbooks are food as it's done in the…
— Mario Batali
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By the time I was 30, nobody would work with me. I was friendless, I was hopeless, I was suicidal, lost my family - I…
— Glenn Beck
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Anyone who's a chef, who loves food, ultimately knows that all that matters is: 'Is it good? Does it give pleasure?'
— Anthony Bourdain
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Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who are indifferent, or…
— Anthony Bourdain
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I hated the Naked Chef. Fine, yes, he did good things for school food or whatever, but, you know, I don't want my chefs to…
— Anthony Bourdain
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When I'm back in New York - and this is a terrible thing to complain about - I eat a lot more really, really good…
— Anthony Bourdain
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Chefs are fond of hyperbole, so they can certainly talk that way. But on the whole, I think they probably have a more open mind…
— Anthony Bourdain
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Don't dunk your nigiri in the soy sauce. Don't mix your wasabi in the soy sauce. If the rice is good, complement your sushi chef…
— Anthony Bourdain
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Every chef I know, their cholesterol is through the roof. And mine's not so great.
— Anthony Bourdain
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I like the fact that Melbourne always seems to support their chefs and promote them in ways I find really admirable.
— Anthony Bourdain
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I wasn't that great a chef, and I don't think I'm that great a writer.
— Anthony Bourdain
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I'm a decent cook; I'm a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point in my career. Period.
— Anthony Bourdain
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I'm a Twitter addict. Jose Andres is a serial tweeter. It's funny to see which chefs have embraced it, and the different paths they take.
— Anthony Bourdain
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I'm evangelical on the subject of some chefs and writers.
— Anthony Bourdain
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You can call me the bad boy chef all you want. I'm not going to freak out about it. I'm not that bad. I'm certainly…
— Anthony Bourdain
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I was a journeyman chef of middling abilities. Whatever authority I have as a commenter on this world comes from the sheer weight of 28…
— Anthony Bourdain
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One of the things is challenging yourself to do a Rome show when everybody's done a Rome show. To find some aspect of food culture…
— Anthony Bourdain
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Tokyo would probably be the foreign city if I had to eat one city's food for the rest of my life, every day. It would…
— Anthony Bourdain
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What you're going to be eating in the next year is decided by chefs. If the consensus is that pot-bellies are in next season, that's…
— Anthony Bourdain
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The worst food you'll ever eat will probably be prepared by a 'cook' who calls himself a 'chef.' Mark my words.
— Alton Brown
Who Wrote These Chef Quotes
204 authors contributed a total of 371 Chef Quotes, led by these top contributors: