Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I'd like to think I'm a great teacher. "

Related Quotes:

" I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword - two jackets, one that's driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man. "

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

" I was a naturally aggressive left-back, a cut-throat tackler. "

" No one saw the recession coming. "

" I suppose your security is your success and your key to success is your fine palate. "

" I've got nothing to hide. "

" I've never been a hands-on dad. I'm not ashamed to admit it, but you can't run a restaurant and be home for tea at 4:30 and bath and change nappies. "

" When you find a guy who is powerful, a big father figure, you latch onto him immediately. "

" I act on impulse and I go with my instincts. "

" The pressure on young chefs today is far greater than ever before in terms of social skills, marketing skills, cooking skills, personality and, more importantly, delivering on the plate. So you need to be strong. Physically fit. So my chefs get weighed every time they come into the kitchen. "

" Running started as a way of relaxing. It's the only time I have to myself. No phones or e-mails or faxes. "

" I grew up in a funny way. "

" I don't think it's a good advert for any restaurant, a fat chef, and secondly, who wants to eat a dessert when the chef's a fat pig. "

" My wife, a schoolteacher, very disciplined. If you think I'm tough, trust me, and wait till you see when the children are on the naughty step. It's hilarious. So we decided that I'm going to work like a donkey and provide amazing support for the family. "

" I didn't get depressed, I don't get depressed. "

" We are about creating a new wave of talent. We are the Manchester United of kitchens now. Am I playing full-time in the kitchen? I am a player-coach. "

" I swim like a fish and I have an amazing kick. "

" I am a grafter. "

" I'm quite a chauvinistic person. "

" Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it's too assertive to the naked eye. "

" 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. "

" The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over. "

" I don't run restaurants that are out of control. We are about establishing phenomenal footholdings with talent. "

" I am the most unselfish chef in Britain today. "

" When you cook under pressure you trade perfection. "

" 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. "

" I mean, families are weird. "

" Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them. "

" There is a level of snobbery and fickleness in L.A. "

" Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters. "