Confidence Quote by Jack Monroe

All my family were brilliant cooks when I was growing up, but I ended up just cleaning up, so I've always lacked confidence in…

— Amanda Eliasch

When I first started cooking, I was very much an intuitive cook when it came to taste, but that didn't mean I didn't want…

— Carla Hall

I started culinary school at a very young age, and really I wanted to be out working, cooking, more than I wanted to be…

— Anonymous

I grew up not being intimidated by the kitchen.

— Ainsley Harriott

At 15, I had to choose a vocational school, and I was delighted, of course, to go to culinary school. But learning the basics…

— Eric Ripert

I wasn't the most confident of cooks, but I just persevered, and I wanted to learn, and I wanted to be a sponge, and…

— April Bloomfield

When I left restaurants, I had to learn to be a home cook.

— Samin Nosrat

I took cooking classes when I was younger; girls weren't interested in me, and I thought I may be alone for the rest of…

— Michael Jordan

I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It…

— Giada De Laurentiis

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 liked to screw around in the kitchen when I was a kid. But I started cooking when I was 15.

— Michael Mina

I was always a good cook from my mum showing me when I was a young lad, but hiring a chef helped me to…

— Ross Barkley