Culinary Authority Quotes

You want to be the baddest guy in the kitchen and you want the person next to you to know it.

You can't arrest me. I'm the Cake Boss.

Many chefs of a certain caliber do not see me as a chef. I don't have a restaurant. They see me as a TV food personality, not a chef. I've gotten respect, trust me, they respect me, but I think that I can't hit that particular level of respect from them until I have a successful Vegas restaurant that not only makes money but creates unbelievable food and a fabulous experience. I don't think people think I can cook, and they don't think I know what the hell I'm doing.

The bible of cooking. The all-time argument ender. Early in my cooking career, I wielded my Larousse like a weapon and it never let me down.

I am the emperor of Germany, but you are the emperor of chefs.

'Chef' doesn't mean that you're the best cook, it simply means 'boss.'

In Mexico, where I grew up, women rule the kitchen. They control everything that happens; they hold the power.

Larousse has a place of honor on every cookbook shelf in America.