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• Japanese chefs believe our soul goes into our knives once we start using them. You wouldn't put your soul in a dishwasher!

  Masaharu Morimoto

  Believe, Knives, Soul

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• The biggest challenge of being a pastry chef is that, unlike other types of chefs, you can't throw things together at a farmer's market. When you're working with baking powder and a formula, you have to be exact. If not, things can go wrong.

  Carla Hall

  Challenges, Together, Baking

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

  Gordon Ramsay

  Want, Ifs

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• All of the people who work in the kitchen with me go out into the forests and on to the beach. It's a part of their job. If you work with me you will often be starting your day in the forest or on the shore because I believe foraging will shape you as a chef.

  Rene Redzepi

  Beach, Jobs, Believe

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.

  Julia Child

  Attitude, Block, Real

  FaceBook post by Julia Child from May 15, 2012

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• Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.

  Ian Somerhalder

  Would Be, Actors, Cooks

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You always want to walk a tight-rope of flavor

  Rick Bayless

  Rope, Flavor, Want

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• One of the greatest pleasures of my life has been that I have never stopped learning about Good Cooking and Good Food

  Edna Lewis

  Food, Learning, African American

  Edna Lewis (2013). “In Pursuit of Flavor”, p.7, Knopf

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• I have a chef who makes sure that I'm getting the right amounts of carbs, proteins and fats throughout the day to keep me at my max performance level.

  Barry Bonds

  Sports, Ties, Max

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Cooking is not difficult. Everyone has taste, even if they don't realize it. Even if you're not a great chef, there's nothing to stop you understanding the difference between what tastes good and what doesn't.

  Gerard Depardieu

  Differences, Understanding, Cooking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I am not a chef. I am not even a trained or professional cook. My qualification is as an eater.

  Nigella Lawson

  Cooks, Qualifications

  Nigella Lawson (2017). “Eating: Vintage Minis”, p.10, Random House

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• I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef.

  Martin Yan

  Children, College, Cooking

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• The idea of old was to conform yourself to a style of cooking, it was not to create a style of cooking. Now the chef is so much into 'I want to sign that dish and say I am the one who made that dish.

  Jacques Pepin

  Ideas, Cooking, Style

  "Jacques Pepin: Consumers May Pay Price Of Chefs’ Fame" By J.M. HIRSCH, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 3, 2011.

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• As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate.

  Gordon Ramsay

  Soccer, Stars, Player

  "Star Chef on Passion, Pressure and Perfection" by Sarah Rosenberg and Katie Escherich, abcnews.go.com. June 19, 2008.

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• It helps immerse yourself in what you potentially want to do. Being involved, learning firsthand and observing the craft and absorbing all you can, makes it easier to define what you want. It will also ultimately make you a better Chef. Culinary school, or even a single class, is a great bet too.

  Giada De Laurentiis

  School, Class, Crafts

  "Phillyist Interviews TV Food Network’s Giada de Laurentiis". Interview with Joanne Jordan, phillyist.com. October 19, 2005.

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• When you're a chef, you graze. You never get a chance to sit down and eat. They don't actually sit down and eat before you cook. So when I finish work, the first thing I'll do, and especially when I'm in New York, I'll go for a run. And I'll run 10 or 15k on my - and I run to gain my appetite.

  Gordon Ramsay

  Running, New York, Down And

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• I feel like I've met most people I look up to musically. I just want to meet Chef.

  Zach Condon

  People, Looks, Want

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• I studied to be a chef as a side thing, a little hobby that I enjoyed doing, but I ended up falling madly in love with the food and the lifestyle.

  Kelis

  Fall, Hobbies, Littles

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• As a chef and activist, I'm particularly concerned with food politics issues such as the farm bill.

  Marcus Samuelsson

  Issues, Bills, Activist

  "How Food Politics Can Affect Your Election Choices" by Marcus Samuelsson, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 22, 2011.

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• You can't go into the chef's office of any serious kitchen and not see a copy of Larousse. A must-have for professional and home cooks alike.

  David Chang

  Home, Office, Kitchen

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• I think all chefs who pursue great flavor have good ethics.

  Dan Barber

  Thinking, Flavor, Ethics

  "Chef Dan Barber pioneers ethical approach to creating flavor but may prickle some purists", www.foxnews.com. October 10, 2012.

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• I believe that there is always something new to learn, in fact, that is one of the three reasons that I chose to become a chef, that my education is never over.

  Anne Burrell

  Believe, Three, Facts

  "Anne Burrell Talks Wedding Plans and 'Chef Wanted'". Interview with Lisa Hirsch, www.etonline.com. January 31, 2013.

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• Chefs think about what it's like to make food. Being a scientist in the kitchen is about asking why something works, and how it works.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Thinking, Asking Why, Kitchen

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• Things are going to go wrong. The great chefs are the ones that don't let it fluster them. They just move through it.

  Michael Symon

  Moving

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• The person who's receiving the food cooks as much as the chef. They have a very important role to play... There's no other activity that the person who receives it can destroy the work, can participate in how it's being done. It's emotional. Sometimes journalists are going to have to start talking more about the diners than the chefs.

  Ferran Adria

  Emotional, Talking, Play

  "World's top chefs talk cuisine, creativity in Chicago". Interview with Mark Caro, www.chicagotribune.com. March 20, 2014.

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