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Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors - it's how you combine them that sets you apart. (Wolfgang Puck)
A good chef has to be a manager, a businessman and a great cook. To marry all three together is sometimes difficult. View quote
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Now everybody thinks that once you do Top Chef, then 13 weeks later you're a chef. Nobody wants to learn to cook anymore. View quote
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Italian food is all about ingredients and it's not fussy and it's not fancy. View quote
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A chef is a mixture maybe of artistry and craft. You have to learn the craft really to get there. View quote
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For me, cooking is an expression of the land where you are and the culture of that place. View quote
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For me, I don't expect to have a really amazing meal each time I dine out. Having a good meal with your loved ones - that's what makes the experience. View quote
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When you meet someone, ask about what hobby they have, not what they do. People always ask me about cooking, but I prefer to talk about tennis or boxing. View quote
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I think the time of the formal dinners is over. View quote
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A lot of chefs are traditional and do it very well. But the ones who are the most successful are the ones who change things. That is why someone like Heston Blumenthal is a genius. View quote
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What I don't like is breakfast in the morning. I have a double-espresso cappuccino, but no food. (Wolfgang Puck)
One thing I always say is being a great chef today is not enough - you have to be a great businessman. View quote
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I tell everybody the same thing: You have to make every dish so when you taste it, you should remember it when you go home. View quote
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The most important thing for me is to really buy the best ingredient. View quote
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I grew up in Austria, and for me real comfort food is Wiener Schnitzel. Wiener Schnitzel and mashed potatoes because it reminds me of my youth... It reminds me when I grow up and it feels very comforting. View quote
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I like to be firm. But it is easier to be nice than to be nasty. View quote
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I believe that London is the most exciting food city in Europe. View quote
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I left school when I was 14 to work in kitchens. View quote
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I grew up so poor in Austria that we never took a vacation with my family. View quote
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I really love Paris. It's my favorite city. View quote
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New Yorkers think they have everything, all the best art and music. But really L.A. is a better place. (Wolfgang Puck)
It's very important in a restaurant to really do the right hiring because there's no restaurant that you have one cook and one chef and nobody else in the kitchen. Generally you have five, ten, 15 people with you. So that's really important is to train them right, but first you have to hire the right people. View quote
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I like the Japanese knives, I like French knives. Whatever's sharp. View quote
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I learn more from the one restaurant that didn't work than from all the ones that were successes. View quote
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Restaurants are like having children: its fun to make them, maybe, but then you have them for good and bad. You are going to have to raise them and if something goes wrong when they are 30 years old, they will still be your little boy. View quote
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