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Chef Quotes by Tom Colicchio
- 'Chef' doesn't mean that you're the best cook, it simply means 'boss.'
- Every chef should have an understanding of pastries or desserts.
- I call all chefs 'cooks.' They're all cooks. That's what we do, we cook. You're a chef when you're running a kitchen.
- I know from personal experience, if a chef yelled at me in a kitchen, the first thing I'd want to do is hit them with…
- Many of them have accomplished a lot before they ever get to 'Top Chef' although they're not well known. The show just provides them with…
- I'd like to see 'Top Chef: Amateur'. Sometimes we have an amateur chef on the show and they just can't cut it against the pros…
- As a chef, I had started working with groups like Share Our Strength and various local food banks in New York, raising money for hunger-related…
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