Chef Quote by Emeril Lagasse

At a very young age, I fell in love with the idea of being in a restaurant and being surrounded with people around me.…

— Dominique Crenn

I became friends with a lot of chefs. I was a judge on 'Top Chef' last year. It was a dream come true.

— Joe Jonas

I didn't harbor a huge desire to become a chef until I graduated from college.

— Alex Guarnaschelli

I was hired as a sous-chef at a restaurant on the Upper East Side. The chef liked to drink - some mornings we would…

— Bobby Flay

It's been a long road. A humble Dearborn beginning. Secretary mom, dad teaching handicapped children. Working for what they had. Eventually, I moved to…

— David Burtka

My aunt was a chef and she inspired me deeply so she was a huge motivator but more than anything it was a quest…

— Marcela Valladolid

When I was a teenager, I worked in New Orleans for a chef named Paul Prudhomme. That was a very important time in my…

— Aaron Sanchez

I used to be a chef.

— Roy Choi

I started waiting tables in college and realized how much I loved the business and loved to cook. I decided to go to culinary…

— Anne Burrell

I was brought up in a restaurant, I've worked in catering my whole life up until I was 20 full-time almost, I was a…

— Gok Wan

I was surrounded by all different styles of cooking and worked in the food service industry in just about every capacity you can imagine.

— Rachael Ray

My dad was in the restaurant business, but I didn't really think about following him. Had I done better at school, I don't know…

— David Chang