In any restaurant of this caliber, the chefs are in the same position, building relationships.

Anybody can cook for chefs. I cooked for a three Michelin star chef when I was cooking at home.

I came to understand that the words executive and corporate never belong next to the word chef.

Set yourself up for success from the very beginning and then focus on maintaining that success.

I am not a chef. I am not even a trained or professional cook. My qualification is as an eater.

I used to take culinary arts at Job Corps so I'm a certified chef. I could cook chicken alfredo.

I'm not a chef. But I'm passionate about food - the tradition of it, cooking it, and sharing it.

If not a chef, I would have been a painter maybe. I have interest in painting, and I do it well.

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

A chef is a mixture maybe of artistry and craft. You have to learn the craft really to get there.

You know how kids dream of being soccer players or actors? Well, my dream was to be a sushi chef.

Food is life, life is food. If you don't like my approach you are welcome to go down to McDonalds.

I learned so much from 'Iron Chef' about ingredients, about the courage to put yourself out there.

We are foodies, we love to eat, my dad's a chef, and coming from an Italian family, we love to eat.

All the great chefs I know - Thomas Keller, Jean-Georges Vongerichten - they are technicians first.

As a chef and activist, I'm particularly concerned with food politics issues such as the farm bill.

Well, yeah. You said you wanted Italian. See. Chef Boyardee. He makes one the best stuff. (Tabitha)

If he is thin, I will probably dine poorly. If he is both thin and sad, the only hope is in flight.

You are in school, and you hear about 'Iron Chef' and think, 'One day, I have to be on 'Iron Chef.'

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

Both my parents are chefs I grew up in a restaurant and was always surrounded by cooks. I love food.

I wanted to write a food book, but I'm not a chef or an expert on culinary matters, to put it mildly.

If you've attended the Cordon Bleu, you would know that no woman is supposed to be a chef - only men.

If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.

Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.

The opportunity to be a star chef, to imagine it would be here in Las Vegas, I couldn't comprehend it.

One thing I always say is being a great chef today is not enough - you have to be a great businessman.

I became friends with a lot of chefs. I was a judge on 'Top Chef' last year. It was a dream come true.

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

There's not a single chef I know of that does not think about the politics of the food they're serving.

I think it's a universal truth that most chefs I know are happiest eating simple, unadorned good things.

The first year I sold a photo to was a lady who thought I was a chef, for some reason. I've no idea why.

You never forget a beautiful thing that you have made. Even after you eat it, it stays with you - always.

Being a great baker and pastry chef requires the upmost open mind. I try every dessert that comes my way!

When I wrote my cookbook, 'I Love Crab Cakes,' I asked some of my best chef buddies to contribute recipes.

Gordon Ramsay, the only chef in London honored with three stars by the 'Guide Michelin,' is not a monster.

I wanted to learn everything I could about what it takes to be a great chef. It was a turning point for me.

Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit.

Everyone has days when things can go wrong. That doesn't make you a bad pastry chef - that makes you human.

Your parents would not be happy if you came home and said you wanted to grow up to be a chef or a rock star.

Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had a wider diversity of ethnic food.

I worked as a scaffolder, worked as a chef, tried my hand working in a coffee shop, tried my hand as a joiner.

A chef's palate is born out of his childhood, and one thing all chefs have in common is a mother who can cook.

I really feel I have found myself as a chef. It's very clear to me what I want to do - and how it should taste.

I'm not a celebrity chef. I'm a chef that happens to have television shows and a chef that happens to do media.

I love 'Iron Chef' and I love 'Chopped.' I watch both of them. I think it is crazy what those chefs go through.

Eh! Je suis leur chef, il fallait bien les suivre. (Ah well! I am their leader, I really ought to follow them.)

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

I've participated at summits where I was the only chef. I was surrounded with thinkers and writers and innovators.

If I could be something other than an actor, I'd be a chef; I've got a big interest in food. I'm a proper fan boy.

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