Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I'm very much half city and half country boy. "

Related Quotes:

" It's funny, you know, growing up, you are always introduced to people as your uncle this or your aunt that or your cousin this. By the time I was in my 20s, I had no idea who I actually was or wasn't related to. It's kind of a running joke in the family. "

" Everyone has days when things can go wrong. That doesn't make you a bad pastry chef - that makes you human. "

" TV has taken a crazy turn, especially in the industry of food, where everything is either a competition show or a sort of reality show. We've lost the kind of shows that are, like, 'Here's how you do this,' like the old Julia Child shows. "

" A savory chef must first master his knife skills and understand the basics of sauces and soups, etc., before he/she may move on to become a great chef. It is no different for pastry chefs. If you do not have a strong foundation and are a master of the basics, then you will never be that strong - you will never be a master of the trade - period. "

" If you take everything personally and to heart, it will tear you apart. Take criticism, learn, adjust, and move on. "

" Part of what makes a great chef is the ability to adapt, cook, and to taste. A great chef will use all their food knowledge, food memories, and senses to work with each ingredient and apply themselves to the dish they are creating. "

" I am not a shock jock pastry chef. I don't create desserts using strange ingredients just for the sake of doing so, like so many of my colleagues in the industry. "

" Adding salt to desserts helps to balance and pronounce flavors. Almost all of my desserts have salt in them. They don't taste salty per se, but if I gave you two of the same item - one with salt and one without - side by side, you would realize something was missing. "

" Chocolate is the go-to ingredient for many people. It is the thing people crave when they are happy and celebrate; it is also the go-to ingredient for many people when we are sad or depressed. It makes us feel better. "

" There's always time to date. "

" Daniel Boulud told me at a young age, 'Whatever happens to you in your career, you're going to be great - be humble. Just be humble.' And I think about that daily. Like, whatever happens to me, whatever awards we win as a team or whatever else, just be humble. "

" Just because you love to cook and you are good at in your home environment doesn't necessarily mean that you are cut out for competition. It is a different animal and requires you to approach cooking in a very different way. "

" Cooking is about imbibing different cultures and putting them in a plate on the table. "

" A pastry chef's lifespan in a restaurant is limited. You have to open a bakery or pastry shop. There's only so far you can go in a restaurant. "

" I was an amusement and water park fiend as a kid growing up. I loved them. My brothers and I would go whenever we could. We liked all the super steep/fast slides and flumes where you would get completely soaked. Our absolute favorite was the tubes, though. "

" I have worked in kitchens since I was 15 years old and never had a break. "

" Baking is about multi-tasking. If you are organized and prepared, that's half the battle. "

" When I was a kid, I would come home from school, and my mom would buy the industrial-size Famous Amos cookies or Chips Ahoy when I was lucky. And I would sit in front of the TV set with a glass of milk... and I would dump cookies in there, smash them with my spoon, and eat cookies and milk with a spoon watching 'The Dukes of Hazzard.' "

" The biggest fear in my life is being mediocre. "

" I see myself as half country boy and half city boy, so I need both to balance me out. I couldn't spend all of my time in either place. "

" If I can't do something and excel at it and do it well, I have a tendency to give up on it really easy. "

" I actually have a pig collection in my cabin: all types of old wood hand-carved pigs that my mom started for me as a housewarming gift. "

" I fell in love with pastry because I felt I could be much more creative. It's precise, and you don't have to kill anything. "

" Everyone has a different impression of what they are eating; not everyone tastes the same things, and definitely, not everyone has the same food memories. "

" I prefer dark chocolate. I like French over Belgian... Valrhona is the best. "

" For me, some things, like, I just don't want to know what they are before I eat them. Like, if you're going to start feeding me, like, sexual organs of animals, or, like, a monkey's brain or something - I'll eat it. Just don't tell me what it is until after I've finished it. "

" I love pies of all types. I especially love rhubarb. I grew up with rhubarb growing on our property, and my mom would make rhubarb pies and jam. I have to admit, though, my earliest memories of rhubarb were not fond ones, but over time, I grew to love it. "

" We never really know what people are capable of until the only person they can rely on is themselves. "

" I like the Rockabilly look. My background is half Italian, half French. I wear cowboy boots and jeans. "

" As kids, my mom would always let us help bake, and if we behaved, we got to lick the beaters clean. "