Chef Quote by Roy Choi

I kind of do not like the word chef. Chef, giving you a sense of hierarchy and power. To be a good cook and…

— Dominique Crenn

Cooking is work that is traditionally done by working-class people. The work itself is not glamorous. It's repetitive, and it's a lot closer to…

— Anthony Bourdain

I'm in a place where I feel comfortable not being a chef anymore. That's taboo in our industry. 'Chef' is supposed to be the…

— Roy Choi

A chef is a mixture maybe of artistry and craft. You have to learn the craft really to get there.

— Wolfgang Puck

Having been a chef for some many years, I understand what it's like to work really, really hard to get good at something, only…

— Anthony Bourdain

I believe that there is always something new to learn, in fact, that is one of the three reasons that I chose to become…

— Anne Burrell

I'm not a chef. I haven't created any new technique in the kitchen. I'm not a rocket scientist. I think I'm good at writing…

— Rachael Ray

“I didn't want to be a chef: just a cook. And my experiences in Italy had taught me why. For millennia, people have known…

— Bill Buford

Being a chef never seems like a job, it becomes a true passion.

— Gordon Ramsay

“I'm not a chef. I think in this country, we use the term very loosely. I'm a cook and a teacher.”

— Julia Child

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

— Alton Brown

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