Quotes About Chef

Whenever I'd go to restaurants, the main chef came out and was cooking for me, and he's asking me how the food is. I get, like, VIP service, so it's weird.

BottleRock has these incredible VIP cabins where a chef is preparing sushi for you in your cabin or lounge decorated by Restoration Hardware.

TV is a deformed vision, an excessive caricature. A chef has to stay an artisan, not become a star.

Take this in to them, s'il vous plaît, " Chef Véronique's large ruddy hand trembled slightly as she motioned to the trays. "And bring out the pots already there. They'll want fresh tea." She knew this was a lie. What the family wanted they could never have again. But tea was all she could give them. So she made it. Over and over.

Pierre sipped, and nodded. It was relaxing being around Chef Véronique, though he knew she scared the crap out of the new employees. She was huge and beefy, her face like a pumpkin and her voice like a root vegetable. And she had knives. Lots of them. And cleavers and cast-iron pans.

I'm in need of a man apron. A very manly apron.

when you ask what she does she says: "You know how most families hardly eat together anymore and when they do, they don't eat as healthy as they should? I'm a private chef . . ." The second chef is way more interesting. In fact, as she talks, you start picturing her in your home, cooking meals for your family.

delivering a speech or presentation is like cooking a meal; as long as the chef is good the cuisine doesn't matter.

red beets with shallots,

I'll rustle up some dinner.

Probably a mistake, you know, that people make in America, to think that all great chefs are a male... I'm still the only male in the family who went into that business.

I never cooked at home - my father was the chef.

Lots of famous chefs today don't look whacked, because they don't work. They have a healthy glow and a clear complexion. There is blood in their cheeks. They haven't got burns on their wrists and cuts on their hands.

Great chefs have three things in common: first, they accept and respect mother nature as a true artist; second, everything they do is an extension of them as a true person; and third, they give you insight into the world they were born into.

I carried Torsten's plate over to the table, placing

A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.

I am the emperor of Germany, but you are the emperor of chefs.

Of all the items on the menu, soup is that which exacts the most delicate perfection and the strictest attention.

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.

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

Learning about issues such as sustainability and locavorism are things that you need to have as part of you as a chef because it will make you cook more delicious food.

I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food.

In the orchestra of a great kitchen, the sauce chef is a soloist.

A cookbook is only as good as its poorest recipe.