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Joe Bastianich
Joe Bastianich
American Chef
Born: Sep 17, 1968
Food Me People Time Wine You
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If you eliminate the junk food, you don't really run the risk of gaining weight if you've got a good workout routine. Joe Bastianich
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In Italy, food is an expression of love. It is how you show those around you that you care for them. Having a love for food means you also have a love for those you are preparing it for and for yourself. Joe Bastianich
Love Food You Yourself Care Those Having Also Around How Italy Them Means Show Preparing Expression
I think a lot of people overlook the importance of the menu as a marketing tool and a way of communicating to the customer what the ambition of their restaurant is. Not only the typeface and the design, but what is it printed on? Is it cheap-looking? Is it the right kind of paper for that restaurant? Joe Bastianich
People Ambition Design Think Tool Way Marketing Paper Kind Restaurant Only Menu Importance Printed Overlook Lot Customer Communicating Right Right Kind
It's one thing to execute dishes on your own time for family and friends, but quite another to perform and be judged in a competition. And that's what cooking in a high profile restaurant is. It's a competition. You're up against every other three-star restaurant in your city, and if you want to stay in business, you'd better deliver. Joe Bastianich
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Cooking for my family is always a pleasure when I'm able to do it. My favorite thing to make is really whatever my kids ask for on any given day. It's more about being with them and doing something together. Joe Bastianich
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Being a cook doesn't necessarily mean you are a competitor. Joe Bastianich
You Competitor Being Mean Cook Necessarily
At Babbo, each dish grew out of a conversation, trying to put something forth that was new and different. It was a combination of culinary adventurism and the dining-room experience with respect for the classic but with an eye toward innovation. And it was about eating locally, whether produce or fish or meat. Joe Bastianich
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Wine pricing is an art - like painting. Joe Bastianich
Art Wine Painting Pricing Like
I was brought up to believe I could achieve anything. My mother instilled in me the belief that there was always something great coming. For example, even though I'm afraid of flying, I always think the plane can't crash because there are so many better things still to come. Joe Bastianich
Great Me Better Mother Achieve Example Believe Think Flying Though Brought Something Could Better Things Instilled Come For Example Because Always Still Coming Up Afraid Anything Crash Plane Many Even Belief Things
I'm a baritone. Baritones don't mature until late. Joe Bastianich
Late Until Mature Baritone
I have a Madonna portrait done in the style of a Russian icon. My mother, the chef Lidia Bastianich, and I bought it together. It reminds me of her. Joe Bastianich
Me Together Mother Style Madonna Russian Bought Reminds Chef Done Icon Her Portrait
After World War II, a lot of people moved to the cities for work and abandoned the old vineyards. Then in the 1950s and 1960s, wineries were paid to produce volume at a cheap price. That's when the Lambruscos and bad Chianti were popular. Joe Bastianich
Work War People World Old Abandoned Cities Bad Price Cheap Volume Were Lot Moved After Produce Then Paid Popular World War World War II
With four-appetizer, four-entree menus, it's like, give me a break. That's not a restaurant, that's a dinner party. Joe Bastianich
Me Dinner Party Dinner Party Restaurant Give Give Me Like Break
I definitely invented the everything bagel. There's no doubt. It's undeniable truth. It's one of those things that's 100% true, 50% of the time. Joe Bastianich
Truth Time Doubt Everything Those Definitely No Doubt Invented True Undeniable Things
I believe that 'MasterChef' brings something more to the table, so to speak, than simply being another reality food TV show. My hope is that it will inspire America to get more involved in the food they eat, how it is prepared. Joe Bastianich
Hope Food Reality Speak Inspire Will Believe TV TV Show Table Eat Something More Simply Involved Another How Than America Get Being Show Prepared Brings
Working in a restaurant means being part of a family, albeit usually a slightly dysfunctional one. Nothing is accomplished independently. Joe Bastianich
Family Nothing Slightly Independently Restaurant Part Accomplished Being Dysfunctional Working Means Albeit
Pasta is the one food I can't live without. It's the food I eat to fuel my running. Joe Bastianich
Food Live Running Eat Without Pasta Fuel
I come from a family that loves to eat, not exercise. Being fat made even walking hard. Joe Bastianich
Family Made Eat Come Exercise Walking Being Loves Hard Even Fat
The best pastas are cut with bronze dies that give them a rough texture and allow the sauce to cling. Joe Bastianich
Best Bronze Give Allow Cling Texture Dies Them Cut Rough Sauce
Beans are a real go-to for me. Joe Bastianich
Me Beans Real
Selling wine is all about sizing people up, and it takes a certain amount of chutzpah. The tableside bottle sell is a very funny thing - you take a look at the guy's blazer, what kind of shoes he's wearing, what kind of broad he's with. Is he trying to be a hero? Joe Bastianich
Funny You People Hero Wine Shoes Funny Thing Broad Kind Wearing About Guy Take Bottle He Blazer Takes Look Sell Up Selling Very Trying Certain Thing Amount
The general manager is kind of like the step into darkness when you reach the top of the league. As GM, you're responsible for everything, including the maitre d's and the sommeliers - all these people who have their own agendas. But you probably make less than the maitre d' and have a lot more work and a lot more headaches. Joe Bastianich
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Being general manager is like being the de facto owner. It's like wearing the crown of 'Restaurant Man' without being 'Restaurant Man.' You're trying to run the business, but you're running the ranch without riding the big horse. Joe Bastianich
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It's kind of like a midlife crisis kind of thing. When you turn 40, you have to run the marathon, while all the parts still work properly. Joe Bastianich
Work You Crisis Kind Run Properly Like Parts Still While Turn Marathon Thing
'MasterChef' is the search for America's culinary amateur talent, so this is a search for the best home cook in America, and it's our job to figure out who that is. Joe Bastianich
Best Home Job Our Out Talent Amateur Culinary America Cook Figure Who Search
'Restaurant Man' is kind of the story, an unabridged story of what happened in my life, the good bad and ugly. Some people might glean some life lessons. It is honest, not written as a press release. Joe Bastianich
Life Good Man People Ugly Some People My Life Press Release Kind Bad Restaurant Some Life Lessons Written Happened Story Might Lessons Honest
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