Quotes by Chefs

I never pressure myself to do something I don't want to do. Eric Ripert

Myself Pressure Something Never Want

I'm a very bad baker. Eric Ripert

Bad Baker Very

I like working in silence. Eric Ripert

Silence Like Working

I think Isambard Kingdom Brunel would be a good chap to have supper with. Anyone who builds a railway and then builds a steamship when he gets to Bristol and can't go any further must be a good chap. Fergus Henderson

Good Think Chap Further Must Would Would-Be Kingdom Supper He Builds Go Gets Any Anyone Then Who Railway Bristol

I had a holiday job in a kitchen, but I think we'll draw a polite veil over that. There was nothing joyous or creative about it. And none of this helped my studies. Fergus Henderson

Creative Job Nothing Think Draw About Kitchen Had Studies Veil Over Joyous Polite None Holiday Helped

Porridge and the urban lifestyle don't mix well. Fergus Henderson

Lifestyle Well Mix Urban

I've probably got lots of heroes. One is a chap called Charles Campbell - he is a wonderful chap. We cooked together in a nightclub in Notting Hill. He told me brilliant stories of food and life and generally put me on the right track. Fergus Henderson

I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food. Fergus Henderson

Good Food People Fusion About Very Mean Cook British

What worries me is that, because of the amount of media coverage of food, Britain seems to have become a foodie nation - but I'm not sure it actually has. I'm not sure there's been a huge change in the pantry at home or what we cook for supper. Fergus Henderson

Risk is to do something that 99 percent of the time would be a failure. Ferran Adria

Time Failure Would Would-Be Percent Something Risk

I am not a multimillionaire. I don't own a yacht or a Ferrari. I live in a 60-square- metre flat. My needs are simple. Ferran Adria

Needs Simple Own Live Yacht Am Ferrari Flat

We never have business meals at El Bulli. If it's about business, you're probably not paying much attention to the food. Ferran Adria

Food You Business About Never Attention Meals Much Much Attention Paying

I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary. Ferran Adria

Live Sedentary Without Activity

I was 18 when I first started working at a restaurant. I was a dishwasher. I only got the job because I wanted to go to Ibiza for vacation, and washing dishes was the only job I could find. Ferran Adria

Job First Find Restaurant Only Could Because Got Go Wanted Dishes Dishwasher Working Washing Vacation Started

I wanted to take nouvelle cuisine further, to the point where we were breaking down the essence of taste and sensation, reconfiguring food as a series of really intense hits on the tongue. Ferran Adria

Food Down Further Point Take Cuisine Were Hits Taste Intense Essence Sensation Where Wanted Breaking Really Series Tongue

I don't worry about the things I can't change. Ferran Adria

Change Worry About Things

I believe that if you eat well, you work even better. Ferran Adria

Work You Better Believe Eat Well Even

Monkeys don't enjoy or appreciate flavours. Experts have told us that human beings are the only beings that can appreciate food at this higher level and the only living beings that cook. Ferran Adria

Food Enjoy Living Only Higher Higher Level Human Human Beings Experts Us Cook Beings Level Monkeys Appreciate

Chefs have only been able to work in restaurants, high-end cuisine. Why? Why haven't they been able to find other scenarios? For those chefs who want to do avant-garde cuisine, should they be finding their income in a restaurant? Ferran Adria