Chef Quote by Thomas Keller

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

'Chef' doesn't mean that you're the best cook, it simply means 'boss.'

— Tom Colicchio

I find myself using the word 'executives' now.

— Andrew Mason

As a young manager, I had no idea what it meant to be a chef.

— Roy Choi

Not every chef is a yeller, but I have to say that even a chef who is not a yeller might have a time…

— Anne Burrell

“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

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

— Gordon Ramsay

There's not a single chef I know of that does not think about the politics of the food they're serving.

— Gail Simmons

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

— Alton Brown

In any restaurant of this caliber, the chefs are in the same position, building relationships.

— Thomas Keller

“Cook was a seasoned businessman and arguably a better manager than Jobs.”

— Yukari Iwatani Kane

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