Quotes by Paul Prudhomme

About Paul Prudhomme:

Paul Prudhomme is an American celebrity chef whose specialty is Creole cuisine, and has been credited with popularising the cuisine. He is the chef proprietor of K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen in New Orleans, and has previously owned and run several other restaurants. He has developed several culinary products, including hot sauce and seasoning mixes, and has written a number of cookbooks.
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Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France.

Paul Prudhomme

Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada.

Paul Prudhomme

After failing four times and after working for other people and realizing that nobody paid attention to the food like they should have, we wanted to just pay attention to the food and service.

Paul Prudhomme

It's the sense of what family is at the dinner table. It was the joy of knowing mother was in the kitchen making our favorite dish. I wish more people would do this and recall the joy of life.

Paul Prudhomme

I'm a professional cook. I've worked with other cooks from all over the world, but my family is not that way - they're always lived within 25 miles of my hometown!

Paul Prudhomme

One of the problems of our youth is that the family unit is broken up. When we'd sit down to dinner together as a family, we'd learn about each other. We had something people don't get today.

Paul Prudhomme

When you've got a great business going, you go open another and take the risk of losing the whole thing. It's fun!

Paul Prudhomme

We closed the restaurant in New Orleans and brought the entire staff to San Francisco. But we had to go home.

Paul Prudhomme

The bad part about being recognized is that when I walk into a restaurant and sit down, I've got to eat everything on the plate, whether it's good or bad. People would take it as an insult if I did otherwise.

Paul Prudhomme

I don't think life is to be taken too seriously. Take it too seriously, and it'll getcha.

Paul Prudhomme

When I am done with this meal you can have my life. It is heaven.

Paul Prudhomme

I opened my own restaurant when I was 17. I went broke, then traveled around the country, learning about different kinds of foods, had three other restaurants that went broke. It didn't all start just a few years ago!

Paul Prudhomme

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

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I love people, and I'm excited that I can turn them on.

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We're working people, and that's what we like to do, work.

Paul Prudhomme

Author Bio

  • NamePaul Prudhomme
  • DescriptionAmerican chef
  • BornJuly 13, 1940
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionChef; Author