Chef Quote by Michael Symon

Chef Thomas Keller was an inspiration to me and many, many young cooks like me. He told us that the role of the new,…

— David Chang

All the great chefs I know - Thomas Keller, Jean-Georges Vongerichten - they are technicians first.

— Jacques Pepin

A lot of chefs are traditional and do it very well. But the ones who are the most successful are the ones who change…

— Wolfgang Puck

All great chefs have two things in common. First, they respect nature as the true artist, and they are just cooks. Second, everything that…

— Marco Pierre White

I've never said I was a chef - I think I make great food. I will never open a restaurant to do, like, tasting…

— Eddie Huang

You're getting to know who the great chefs are through their books.

— Thomas Keller

First of all, I can't really claim to be a great chef.

— Martin Yan

Very good cooks who are employed as 'chefs' rarely refer to themselves as 'chefs.' They refer to themselves as 'cooks.'

— Alton Brown

If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.

— Gordon Ramsay

It's very important to me that people who are actual chefs and other professionals in the culinary world, understand that I'm not, and have…

— Ted Allen

When I was in India, I felt like being a full-time chef was a very unique career path. It was quite the contrast from…

— Maneet Chauhan

Chefs don't become chefs just to earn stars - that's not the goal.

— Alain Ducasse