Chef Quotes

371 quotes by 203 authors

My palate is simpler than it used to be. A young chef adds and adds and adds to the plate. As you get older, you… — Jacques Pepin
One of the biggest problems with young chefs is too much addition to the plate. You put cilantro and then tarragon and then olive oil… — Jacques Pepin
Just because I am a chef doesn't mean I don't rely on fast recipes. Indeed, we all have moments when, pressed for time, we'll use… — Jacques Pepin
My mother likes what I cook, but doesn't think it's French. My wife is Puerto Rican and Cuban, so I eat rice and beans. We… — Jacques Pepin
I have a pet lizard named Puff, five goldfish - named Pinky, Brain, Jowels, Pearl and Sandy, an oscar fish named Chef, two pacus, an… — Chris Pratt
I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food. — Paul Prudhomme
A lot of chefs are traditional and do it very well. But the ones who are the most successful are the ones who change things.… — Wolfgang Puck
If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did. — Gordon Ramsay
I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword - two jackets, one that's driven, a self-confessed perfectionist,… — Gordon Ramsay
Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them. — Gordon Ramsay
I don't think it's a good advert for any restaurant, a fat chef, and secondly, who wants to eat a dessert when the chef's a… — Gordon Ramsay
As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's… — Gordon Ramsay
There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own… — Gordon Ramsay
The pressure on young chefs today is far greater than ever before in terms of social skills, marketing skills, cooking skills, personality and, more importantly,… — Gordon Ramsay
Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters. — Gordon Ramsay
When you're a chef, you graze. You never get a chance to sit down and eat. They don't actually sit down and eat before you… — Gordon Ramsay
I am a chef who happens to appear on the telly, that's it. — Gordon Ramsay
I am the most unselfish chef in Britain today. — Gordon Ramsay
I train my chefs completely different to anyone else. My young girls and guys, when they come to the kitchen, the first thing they get… — Gordon Ramsay
My husband cooks fancier food for himself than I've ever cooked on-air. I call him from the road, and he's making champagne-vanilla salmon or black-cherry… — Rachael Ray

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