African Quote by Marcus Samuelsson

I'm an American chef. I'm American. I live here. I love being here. But, of course, it is different. A black man's journey is…

— Marcus Samuelsson

I don't walk around all the time thinking of myself as African American, but oftentimes in Hollywood, you are reminded of that in ways…

— Salim Akil

Nobody thought a white girl should learn to cook in South Africa. I went to drama school. My mother was an actress, so I…

— Prue Leith

When I walk in the door sometimes, I'm already an anomaly. Because I'm working in a genre that African-American's don't typically engage in.

— Kevin Grevioux

Probably a mistake, you know, that people make in America, to think that all great chefs are a male... I'm still the only male…

— Jacques Pepin

In Europe I couldn't be anything but a black cook working for somebody. My inspiration was to own, to be the chef.

— Marcus Samuelsson

Many of the master chefs in the South, both the upper South as well as the deep South, were blacks and many of those…

— Ed Smith

Everything I do, I go to black people. If I have a problem at the airport, I'll go to the black ticket agent. I…

— Gary Owen

“Fortunately, I knew the cardinal rule of getting on with one’s fellow cooks. It applies in any kitchen and can be summed up in…

— Jacques Pépin

I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.

— Tracey Ullman

I grew up in Harlem. My grandmother was one of the best cooks around, but the first thing she did on Sunday mornings when…

— Richard Carmona

I just think that we show an awful lot of deference to chefs in our culture and maybe not enough deference to customers.

— Pete Wells