247 Chef Quotes for You to Enjoy

I did all the Chef Boyardee commercials, in America, when I was young. Jane Seymour

Young Chef America Commercials Did

My mother had been a solitary chef. It was her recreation and her escape. Janet Fitch

Mother Solitary Recreation Had Chef Been Escape Her

The role of a chef isn't to reinvent dishes but to tweak. Jean-Georges Vongerichten

Chef Role Dishes Tweak Reinvent

A chef and a restaurateur are different jobs: One is about pleasing people with what's on the plate; the other is about understanding the market. I'm a chef, but I think I'm a savvy businessperson, too. Jean-Georges Vongerichten

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All I watch is the Food Network. I took a cheesemaking class a few weeks ago, and I told my family and friends to only get me kitchen stuff on my birthday. I'm into every kind of cookbook and anything by Anthony Bourdain. I'd love to own a restaurant if I could find the right chef. Jesse McCartney

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I've been fascinated by the world ever since I read 'Kitchen Confidential' by Anthony Bourdain. I've watched 'Top Chef' and watched interviews with chefs on 'Charlie Rose'... I thought they're really intriguing characters, and they really encapsulate that tension between vision and commerce, art and commerce. Jon Favreau

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I think 'Chef' is about somebody who's in the middle of his life, and he's kind of lost his passion and his voice, so he seeks out some refinement and redemption. Jon Favreau

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At the end of the day, it seems like there's a critic archetype for food movies, like with 'Ratatouille' or anything. You know, if you were doing a puppet show about chefs, one puppet would be the chef, one would be the critic. Jon Favreau

I'm not on chef level, but I'd make a good line cook. That's not too shabby. Jon Favreau

Good Too Shabby Make Chef Line Cook Level

Any time a bar or chef cares more about their own ego than the tastes and comforts of their customers, they should just open a monument to themselves and not a business. Jon Taffer

Time Business Ego Own Cares Monument About More Open Chef Comforts Than Tastes Any Just Bar Customers Themselves Should

Roberto Donna is a great Italian chef. Jose Andres

Great Roberto Chef Italian

America gave me the opportunity to open successful restaurants, start a TV show, and write books. I can even fill an auditorium when I give a speech, which in America is rare for a chef. Jose Andres

Who needs one more chef in one more building with four walls and a kitchen? Jose Andres

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There is an old story that says that Julia Child dropped a chicken on the floor when she was filming 'The French Chef.' And then - that, in fact, is not true. She just, you know, dropped some potatoes she was trying to flip in a pan. Kathleen Flinn

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Steve Zahn and I like to go to dinner, and we love to go to Chef Donald Link's Herb Saint. Kim Dickens

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I think I'm going to give my baby her first food on Thanksgiving, make her some organic sweet potato. I'm very excited! It's going to be a big day and my husband is in charge of the turkey - he's the chef of the family! Lily Aldridge

The level of competition on 'Iron Chef' was very intense. In fact, I feel like the show provides chefs with a stamp of approval and in many ways lets them know that 'they've arrived.' It was a tough journey, to say the least, but in the end, it provided me with an example how hard work and persistence pays off. Maneet Chauhan

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

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