Tom Colicchio Quotes

I love learning how to make new dishes.

No one's born a good cook. You have to learn and practice.

Most of my education has been around food.

People have all this interest in food. But for most people, it's a mystery how to prepare food. I wanted the knowledge cooks know: the in-your-fingers knowledge you get by doing it over and over.

I feel like there's a lot of tasks in cooking that I want to master, that I want to do better.

I'm a home cook, and I'm constantly embarrassed by twentysomethings who really do know the mechanics of cooking. How to build a sauce.

I think cookery shows have become so sophisticated, and everyone's so marvellous at it, but there are people like me who aren't into the cooking malarkey, who still don't know how to boil an egg for three minutes.

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.

You wouldn't know it but I'm no good at... cooking. My chef does that.

When I left restaurants, I had to learn to be a home cook.

Cooking classes are a great way to hone your skills, learn new recipes, and meet like-minded friends. Spending time in the kitchen with people who love to cook as much as you do is fun and educational.

People come up to me all the time and ask how I stay the way I am, and it's no secret. The first lesson a chef needs to learn is how to handle a knife; the second is how to be around all that food.

The best way to get anybody's attention is dinner. I have good kitchen skills and good grocery shopping skills.

I can cook really well. I started cooking as a kid, so I can fend for myself in the kitchen and even do a little gourmet action.

To become a good cook is to know yourself, and I, at this point, know myself. I know myself, and I know the cook I want to be and the cook I am striving to be.

When it was availed to me that I had free time, I chose to go to cooking school every day, six hours a day, like a diploma program. I wanted to learn something new.

I don't cook, but I would love to learn.

Because I've done a lot of television, I'm sort of a generalist. I'm not a pastry cook, but I've had to learn a certain amount about it. I'm not a baker, though I've had to learn how to do it. I'm sort of a general cook.

Cooking is like anything else: some people have an inborn talent for it. Some become expert by practicing, and some learn from books.

Whenever I want to know how to cook something, I can't ask one chef - I have to ask six.

It came to me that the one thing I could do was cook. And I figured I couldn't do any worse than the people running these places around town.

I've never cooked a great meal.

Cooking is one thing I would love to learn but I keep procrastinating.

I can chop and peel vegetables but can't cook full meals.

I was always a good cook from my mum showing me when I was a young lad, but hiring a chef helped me to understand food better.