Austria Quote by Wolfgang Puck

If you become a chef because you're obsessed by becoming a celebrity, getting my ass kicked and working my nuts off the way I…

— Gordon Ramsay

I started cooking when I was 18 years old, and now I have restaurants all over the world.

— Nobu Matsuhisa

As a young girl, being a chef did not cross my mind - I wanted to conquer the world. I wanted to play with…

— Dominique Crenn

At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing…

— Salvador Dali

The biggest thing is education for young chefs and how they should focus on one cuisine rather than trying to imitate too many. It's…

— Daniel Boulud

One of the things that helped me a lot as I was starting out in my career was that I got myself to France…

— Rick Tramonto

21 years ago when I started cooking, to be a cook meant that you were going to stay in the basement. Being a chef,…

— Rene Redzepi

My reasons for becoming a chef are somewhat of a cliche. I always loved to eat but it was watching my parents cook that…

— Alexandra Guarnaschelli

“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

The great thing about chefs as celebrities is it gives you a larger stage to let people know how important great food is. You're…

— Michael Symon

As a child, I first wanted to be a cook because my mother was such a good cook.

— Yves Rossy

Thanks to my parents, who had me traveling around the world mouth-first, I knew from a young age I wanted a career in food.

— Andrew Zimmern