Chef Quotes

371 quotes by 204 authors

I have great empathy for all the contestants that come on 'Top Chef,' whether they go home right away or they make it to the… — Padma Lakshmi
I am well aware that a chef is only as good as his last meal. — Gordon Ramsay
All the great chefs I know - Thomas Keller, Jean-Georges Vongerichten - they are technicians first. — Jacques Pepin
I tell a student that the most important class you can take is technique. A great chef is first a great technician. 'If you are… — Jacques Pepin
I don't consider myself a rock star chef, I really don't. I cook for a living and I try to help out as many people… — Robert Irvine
Gordon Ramsay makes me laugh because he knows that I'm not a chef. — Nigella Lawson
You donâ€™t have to look far to taste some of the best food the world has to offer. Iâ€™d pit my grandmother against a 3-star… — Nadia Giosia
Top Chef is a very smooth-running machine. All the people working there are incredibly professional and absolutely at the top of their game. — Toby Young
I hate the opera. I think I must have a tin ear. No matter how hard I concentrate it still sounds like a bunch of… — Aristotle Onassis
The internet has become such a great tool not just for chefs but for everyone. The net has given everyone the tools to see and… — Graham Kerr
I have a very modern way of thinking; the chef is there to lead the team and not just to sit behind the piano. — Alain Ducasse
The reason that chefs become chefs is that they're not allowed into rooms with windows. — A. A. Gill
Pastry is different from cooking because you have to consider the chemistry, beauty and flavor. It's not just sugar and eggs thrown together. I tell… — Ron Ben-Israel
My grandfather was a chef for a Baron in Sicily before he came to America. I grew up with him. I used to do my… — Vincent Schiavelli
Organizing ahead of time makes the work more enjoyable. Chefs cut up the onions and have the ingredients lined up ahead of time and have… — Anne Burrell
In the orchestra of a great kitchen, the sauce chef is a soloist. — Fernand Point
A good apprentice cook must be as polite with the dishwasher as with the chef. — Fernand Point
I kind of think of engineering like the chefs at a restaurant. Nobody's going to deny chefs are integrally important, but there's also so many… — Ben Silbermann
Chef Matt Accarrino has the best pasta in San Francisco, and Shelley Lindgren is one of my favorite sommeliers. Their attention to detail in the… — Elizabeth Falkner
Bouillabaisse, this golden soup, this incomparable golden soup which embodies and concentrates all the aromas of our shores and which permeates, like an ecstasy, the… — Curnonsky

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