Able Quote by Thomas Keller

There's a pretty equitable distribution in the restaurant industry of how money gets paid, except for in the kitchen. The kitchen is the lowest-paid…

— Mario Batali

I think as a moral question, restaurant workers should get paid more.

— Anthony Bourdain

Chefs have only been able to work in restaurants, high-end cuisine. Why? Why haven't they been able to find other scenarios? For those chefs…

— Ferran Adria

There's the common misconception that restaurants make a lot of money. It's not true. If you look at maybe the top chef in the…

— David Chang

The margins for restaurants to make money are very, very narrow. It's a tough business, and to be a chef is a little bit…

— Anne Burrell

Chefs have only been able to work in restaurants, high-end cuisine. Why? Why haven't they been able to find other scenarios? For those chefs…

— Ferran Adria

It's very important in a restaurant to really do the right hiring because there's no restaurant that you have one cook and one chef…

— Wolfgang Puck

I pay people very, very well - probably more than I have to. But that costs me less money in the long run because…

— Paula Deen

The person who's receiving the food cooks as much as the chef. They have a very important role to play... There's no other activity…

— Ferran Adria

It's one thing to execute dishes on your own time for family and friends, but quite another to perform and be judged in a…

— Joe Bastianich

It is great to add some glamour to the food industry, like television shows have done for the food world and inspiring people to…

— Curtis Stone

You walk into a restaurant when chefs are not there and it's different. The magic isn't there. Why pay top pounds when the chef…

— Marco Pierre White