Quotes of: Chefs Keyword

A lot of young chefs today get carried away by trends, by influences, by movements.

Daniel Boulud

Being an Ethiopian-born, Swedish-raised chef, there's nothing traditional about my Thanksgiving spread.

Marcus Samuelsson

I love chicken. But, like a lot of chefs and cooks, I get tired of preparing it the same way.

Marcus Samuelsson

I am a very eco-friendly chef but a guilty air traveller.

Alain Ducasse

There are so many impassioned winemakers. I think there are more impassioned winemakers than chefs.

Alain Ducasse

It's like a kitchen, acting. Put a chef in a kitchen and they will have different recipes. Whatever your recipe, what works for you won't work for another.

Carole Bouquet

IMBECILE!" the chef shouted. "Next time why don't you just put your whole HAND in the food, hey? Yes, your whole hand, or maybe your FACE! I arrange the food on plates with care, are you understanding what I am telling you? It is part of the art form...

Skybreaker

This is the crepe. This is the cider. This is how we live and eat.

Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef

I am not a food critic. Or a chef. Or even a professional writer. What I am schooled in the art of, however, is enjoying myself.

Jewel Staite

During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes.

Padma Lakshmi

Gordon Ramsay makes me laugh because he knows that I'm not a chef.

Nigella Lawson

The worst food you'll ever eat will probably be prepared by a 'cook' who calls himself a 'chef.' Mark my words.

Alton Brown

Anyone who's a chef, who loves food, ultimately knows that all that matters is: 'Is it good? Does it give pleasure?'

Anthony Bourdain

I love 'Top Chef.' I think it rewrote the book on how food shows are presented on TV.

Andy Cohen

In a time when it is common for chefs to simply reproduce the innovations of others, the few who speak for themselves through their food become the skilled artists of their time.

Charlie Trotter

As a chef and father, it kills me that children are fed processed foods, fast food clones, foods loaded with preservatives and high-fructose corn syrup.

Jose Andres Puerta

I think every chef should have a food truck. It's a good way to test the markets, to invest in meeting the future restaurant goers.

Jose Andres Puerta

I studied to be a chef as a side thing, a little hobby that I enjoyed doing, but I ended up falling madly in love with the food and the lifestyle.

Kelis

You have to balance, but you can be aggressive as a chef. It benefits the food. You have to be passionate. You can't be angry cooking.

Marcus Samuelsson

Chefs think about what it's like to make food. Being a scientist in the kitchen is about asking why something works, and how it works.

Nathan Myhrvold

When France was the only reference for chefs to learn, you could go everywhere in the world, and they would copy dishes directly because they didn't have much expanded imagination or technique or knowledge.

Daniel Boulud