Chef Quotes

They say cats have nine lives. I've had 12 already and I don't know how many more I'll have.
We are about creating a new wave of talent. We are the Manchester United of kitchens now. Am I playing full-time in the kitchen? I am a player-coach.
When you cook under pressure you trade perfection.
When you find a guy who is powerful, a big father figure, you latch onto him immediately.
When you're a chef, you graze. You never get a chance to sit down and eat. They don't actually sit down and eat before you cook. So when I finish work, the first thing I'll do, and especially when I'm in New York, I'll go for a run. And I'll run 10 or 15k on my - and I run to gain my appetite.
Would I swap what I have achieved as a cook if I could have been as successful as a footballer? Definitely.
You don't come into cooking to get rich.
You know how arrogant the French are - extraordinary.
Any time you can involve fake mustaches, things are just better.
Barbecue is the good old technique of people making a fire and putting some stuff over the top - I mean, look at the S'more: it's just got a stick. A lot of those goofy toys, it's people who are looking at things to do. I think if you focus on the food, at the most you need tongs or a spoon to flip something; that's about it.
Chicago's always been known as this meat and potatoes place, and a lot of restaurants play that up. They try to outdo each other by adding another 10 ounces, so their 80 ounce steak becomes a 90 ounce steak with 10 pounds of mashed potatoes on the side.
Dining should be something that isn't always taken extremely seriously.
Even though I live in and love Chicago, I can't stand deep-dish pizza. I'm a New York-style pizza person.
Food to me, in one word, is 'creativity' or 'expression.' It's simply, 'This is who I am at this point in time, and this is what I want to cook for you.'
Gray means being open-minded. I always look at the world that way; I'm able to hear both sides of an argument. I don't listen to opera, but I don't think it's good or bad; it's just its own thing. I can completely appreciate it.
I can't just sit all day on the couch and expect the weight to come off. My goals are my new focus instead of food.
I do take pity on some of the people that have to work with me.
I don't get to watch a lot of TV. I just do all my news and reading and 'Meet the Press,' all that fun, exciting stuff.
I have two bookcases that used to be filled with cookbooks, but now it's mostly books about politics and government. I might just give this all up and run for office.
I only wear red socks in the kitchen. They bring me luck.
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