Culinary Reputation Quotes

People ask me in Europe, when they do interviews... they ask me, 'Well, how does it feel to be a cook in a country that doesn't know how to eat?' It always touches a nerve, because Europe and the world think that America is no more than bad hot dogs and bad burgers.

You cannot trust people who have such bad cuisine. It [Great Britain] is the country with the worst food after Finland.

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.

For a long time, New Orleans was the classic-rock station of American cuisine, its reputation for flamboyance belying its playlist conservatism.

Being branded number one restaurant in the world is actually very humbling.

How can a nation be called great if its bread tastes like kleenex?

Chicago is a world-class culinary center. We need to guard that reputation and status.

I think Bhutanese food - long dissed by every food writer out there - has gotten a bum rap.