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

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

Gordon Ramsay (1966) British chef, writer and TV presenter

“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.”

Gordon Ramsay (1966) British chef, writer and TV presenter

“Preparation and planning are everything - ask any chef.”

Nigel Cumberland (1967) British author and leadership coach

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

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

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

John Cooper Clarke (1951) English performance poet

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

Sally Schneider American journalist

“Only the chef puts into practice the teachings of Jesus, that the greatest of you should serve others.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

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

Marya Hornbacher book Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia

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

Rachael Ray (1968) American businessman