Chef Quotes
371 quotes by 194 authors
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Ask any comedian, tennis player, chef. Timing is everything.
— Meg Rosoff
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Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It feels…
— Oscar Wilde
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She looked at me and laughed pointlessly. Then she flounced over to the dog, kissed it with ecstasy, and swept into the kitchen, implying that…
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Every man has his destiny. But who needs to go to a fortune-teller to find it? Do I go to a chef to find out…
— Arthur Golden
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I would have thought you'd import an English staff?" "Good heavens, no! I would not wish a British chef on anyone except the French tax…
— Dan Brown
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Dear God, surely you aren't the chef Sam was talking about?" "No," he said with a laugh, and gestured behind him with a thumb. "Cale…
— Lynsay Sands
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I've lost my mind," Alex muttered, grabbing her knives again and stomping back across the kitchen. "I woke up this morning a boring little chef…
— Lynsay Sands
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First,†he said, coming behind me and placing his hands on the counter, just outside of mine, “choose your tomato.†He dipped his head so…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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Some people who are obsessed with food become gourmet chefs. Others become eating disorders.
— Marya Hornbacher
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IMBECILE!" the chef shouted. "Next time why don't you just put your whole HAND in the food, hey? Yes, your whole hand, or maybe your…
— Kenneth Oppel
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Being a lifetime wife and mother has afforded me the luxury of having multiple careers: I've been a teacher. A chauffeur. A chef. An interior…
— Terry McMillan
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I wanted to write in Kitchenese, the secret language of cooks, instantly recognizable to anyone who has ever dunked french fries for a summer job…
— Anthony Bourdain
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Great chefs know it's the appearance of food that counts...but great eaters know its the amount of food that counts
— Jim Davis
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The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.
— Edward de Bono
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Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but that's only when people asked…
— Ian Mckellen
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Mothers and grandmothers: these are the people that I admire most, not so much chefs.
— Yotam Ottolenghi
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Most beginning writers - and I was the same - are like chefs trying to cook great dishes that they've never tasted themselves. How can…
— Daniel Quinn
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The celebrity-chef thing, even at its worst, its most annoying, its silliest, its goofiest, its most egregious and cynical, has been a good thing.
— Anthony Bourdain
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I am not a fine chef, but I can certainly get dinner on the table for 14 people. With that many, I try to keep…
— Cindy Crawford
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If I was not an actor, I would have been working in a five star hotel as a chef.
— Dhanush
Who Wrote These Chef Quotes
194 authors contributed a total of 371 Chef Quotes, led by these top contributors: