“I remember that feeling like phantom aches in my bones. Ticket after ticket, call after call. I dream of being better. I dream of being myself again, but I know I’ll never quite be the same, and that’s okay. I know I’ll be different, and, despite the worry that settles into me every time I wake up,…”— Fatima Ali, bonappetit.com
“There has come a time when, at the age of 43, I'm getting a bit tired of the foul-mouthed bully chef. But I've never tried to get the Great British blue-rinse nation to start falling in love with me. I don't want a radical change where I have to put a woolly hat and scarf on and go round every Women…”— Gordon Ramsay, theguardian.com
“The best chefs alive are between two and three stars; they're at their most adventurous, their most maverick and dangerous. My number one is Clare Smyth, [who was] head chef at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in London. Absolute thoroughbred. No cracks. And ruthless.”— Gordon Ramsay, esquire.com
“Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.”— Gordon Ramsay, vanityfair.com
“When all of a sudden you get these skinny little actresses from a show called The O.C. and they're saying they don't like raw fish, I'm like 'Fuck you', why are you talking about my food?”— Mario Batali, youtube.com
“Sometimes its worth sticking your hand in the fire to remind yourself that its hot, ya know.”— Sean Brock, imdb.com
“I told someone today that I was going here to get the extra hot. They said, "Go ahead and put the toilet paper in the freezer right now."”— Sean Brock, imdb.com
“I like how there's a body waxing place beside it. So if you didn't torture yourself enough eating hot chicken, you can go and get a brazillian.”— Sean Brock, imdb.com
“Some people who are obsessed with food become gourmet chefs. Others get eating disorders.”— Marya Hornbacher, amazon.com