Could Quote by Tom Douglas

There are career waiters in Los Angeles, and they're making over $100,000 a year.

— Mark Foster

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

Very few restaurant workers could even dream of eating in the restaurants they work in. Many do not make a living wage.

— Anthony Bourdain

A restaurant, a small business lives day-by-day. If they're lucky they can make maybe up to 5% profit. That's not a lot.

— Dominique Crenn

It's really quite a situation. It's ridiculous. I make $200,000, $300,000 a night. For years I was working little dives, and if I got…

— Tony Bennett

I've never had to get a job as a waiter or anything. I've always been able to support myself in 'the biz.' Which is…

— Paul Feig

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

Being a chef would be too much hard work.

— Anonymous

I'd rather make $700 a week playing a maid than earn $7 a day being a maid.

— Hattie McDaniel

I would work as a cook, get a little money, then open another restaurant.

— Paul Prudhomme

I haven't had to do anything outside of show business my whole life. I've never been a waiter. I've only worked and gotten paid.…

— Christopher Guest

One of my many early jobs was a waiter at a hotel called The Grove. It's a luxury hotel.

— Naughty Boy