Chef Quotes - page 7

As a chef, if I can taste something, I can basically figure out what's in it. (Kelis)
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. View quote
Jewel Staite
A lot of people call me a celebrity chef, but I don't think that I'm a celebrity. So I want to stay keeping just a chef. That's more comfortable. View quote
Masaharu Morimoto
Chefs become attracted to being able to get product and then clientele - those are the two things that attract you as a chef. View quote
Michael Mina
I love doing demonstrations. I think to be a great chef you have to be a great teacher. I love doing classes with people who love food and enjoy food, bringing them all around one table so to speak. View quote
Michael Symon
The exposure from 'Iron Chef' has been helpful, but at the end of the day your product and your service determine whether you get customers or not. If people decide to eat out less during a recession, the first restaurants that they will cut out are the ones that don't do a great job. View quote
Michael Symon
You don't have to look far to taste some of the best food the world has to offer. I'd pit my grandmother against a 3-star Michelin chef any day. View quote
Nadia Giosia
Cooking is for chefs. Science informs us and lets us cook while knowing what we are doing, but it is not a replacement for the skills of a chef. View quote
Nathan Myhrvold
I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef. View quote
Nathan Myhrvold
With cult foods, there is an underlying assumption that the best cooking ideas came generations ago. Yet culinary innovation is nothing to be ashamed of. When a chef tells me he is cooking with his grandmother's recipe, I always wonder why. Did talent skip the past two generations? View quote
Nathan Myhrvold
I have great empathy for all the contestants that come on 'Top Chef,' whether they go home right away or they make it to the finish line. It's a very vulnerable position they put themselves in and I feel for them. (Padma Lakshmi)
During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes. View quote
Padma Lakshmi
Part of my job as a food writer is to describe food. So my work on 'Top Chef,' I feel, is an extension of that. When we give a criticism to the contestant, we want to make sure we tell them why it's not working and why it would work if they did it a different way. View quote
Padma Lakshmi
I was once in a long relationship with a man who ran a vintage clothes store but had been a chef, so I'd come home each night to a different three-course meal. I was quite fat, but so happy. View quote
Paloma Faith
You don't go to school to become the best chef in the world right after you graduate. School is always a starting point so what people forget is that you go to school to build a foundation, and you want to build a foundation that's not going to crumble. View quote
Roy Yamaguchi
I had turned down other head chef jobs. I didn't want to take over someone else's cuisine. I wanted to start from scratch. View quote
Rene Redzepi
Close interaction with farmers and scientists can expose the chef to new flavours that can be used to delight diners. View quote
Rene Redzepi
I never cooked at home - my father was the chef. View quote
Rene Redzepi
All of the people who work in the kitchen with me go out into the forests and on to the beach. It's a part of their job. If you work with me you will often be starting your day in the forest or on the shore because I believe foraging will shape you as a chef. View quote
Rene Redzepi
Being a chef would be too much hard work. View quote
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
If you've attended the Cordon Bleu, you would know that no woman is supposed to be a chef - only men. (Sandra Lee)
As a chef, I had started working with groups like Share Our Strength and various local food banks in New York, raising money for hunger-related issues. And not only me, but the entire restaurant industry has been very focused on this issue. View quote
Tom Colicchio
Every chef should have an understanding of pastries or desserts. View quote
Tom Colicchio
I'd like to see 'Top Chef: Amateur'. Sometimes we have an amateur chef on the show and they just can't cut it against the pros but there are some great stories there. View quote
Tom Colicchio
I know from personal experience, if a chef yelled at me in a kitchen, the first thing I'd want to do is hit them with a pot. View quote
Tom Colicchio