“A chef can't hide behind the kitchen door.”
Culinary Institute
“We see a commercial kitchen in here, working with local chefs, or private out-of-town chefs, showing how to clean and prepare seafood, and what to look for (in fresh seafood). We want to make sure that stays in the idea.”
Connie Kennedy
“I run into quite a few chefs at the restaurant suppliers that are from New Orleans. But they're working behind the scenes. They don't have their own places. They're cooking for somebody else.”
Brian Wright
“Men are always pushed into group situations ... like group sports with a leader. In the kitchen the chef is your captain, but in pastry there is more autonomy, more independence. Women relish that. you are permitted to be creative sooner than on the hot line.”
Claudia Fleming
“If you want to eat a 'live' meal cooked by a chef in a railroad dining car kitchen and served on a moving train, you have to find something like this. It's just a marvelous thing.”
David Wilson
“There's a lot of chefs in the kitchen.”
Michael Mayo
“[In the premiere episode of Hell's Kitchen, Ramsay demands the chefs create a signature dish to get a better gauge on their cooking skill.] Watching them create their signature dishes on the first show was an enormous insight into their personalities, ... I can tell in two minutes if someone will make it in my kitchen.”
Gordon Ramsay
