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

“Great chefs always have to wait for orders. They adapt to all circumstances.”

“Chefs aren't celebrities: they're chefs.”

“I train my chefs with a blindfold. I’ll get my sous chef and myself to cook a dish. The young chef would have to sit down and eat it with a blindfold. If they can’t identify the flavor, they shouldn’t be cooking the dish.”

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

“"Rachael Ray does to food what Hitler did to Poland." Attributed to credentialed chef Anthony Bourdain.”

“Some people who are obsessed with food become gourmet chefs. Others become eating disorders.”

“You know, like they say: never trust a thin chef, or a doctor with leprosy.”

“You never forget a beautiful thing that you have made,' [Chef Bugnard] said. 'Even after you eat it, it stays with you - always.”

“Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.”