Barely Quote by Tom Douglas

I didn't go to university. I don't have an academic background.

— Sean Mathias

I didn't harbor a huge desire to become a chef until I graduated from college.

— Alex Guarnaschelli

I didn't go to college.

— Shelby Lynne

I went through high school, but I didn't graduate.

— Evel Knievel

I actually went to university.

— Ben Barnes

I started waiting tables in college and realized how much I loved the business and loved to cook. I decided to go to culinary…

— Anne Burrell

I didn't graduate high school.

— Duff McKagan

I didn't go to school much. I was thrown out of different schools, and my university is the street.

— Philippe Petit

At 15, I had to choose a vocational school, and I was delighted, of course, to go to culinary school. But learning the basics…

— Eric Ripert

For a while I thought I would work in museums, so my first job after college was an internship at the 9/11 Museum. I…

— Claire Saffitz

I had a passion for cooking, and I was a very bad student.

— Eric Ripert

I started culinary school at a very young age, and really I wanted to be out working, cooking, more than I wanted to be…

— Anonymous