Raymond Burr Quotes

Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.

First and foremost I am a chef, whether behind the stove at one of my Northern California restaurants or for the past 15 years in front of the camera on my Food Network cooking shows. Creating new dishes and flavor combinations that bring cooks and our restaurant guests pleasure is my job and I love it.

You don't become a chef to become famous.

A great chef is an artist that I truly respect.

I went to school for culinary arts. I love to cook. That's a talent not a lot of people know about.

Alan Arkin is a good cook.

I am a terrible chef; I'm not a good cook. I don't have the talent, the patience, the desire even to cook the way these great artists that I meet around the world cook, and I'm very, very happy to support them. I invest in restaurants because I love them so much.

I'm a beast in the kitchen.

The art of cooking is among the most intimate things that we can do for another.

I've cooked just about everything really.

I enjoy watching talented cooks bringing together ingredients into a fabulous dish.

Back in the day, cooking definitely was the thing where you could make a lot of money. Also, it was something that I liked to do.

I was a very good cook, and I knew I could build a business.

I am a chef who happens to appear on the telly, that's it.

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

I do a lot of recipe creation. Translation: cooking tempting dishes that must be eaten.

I'm a great cook. People have asked me to do a cookbook.

If you're a happy person around food, you can be a professional chef. It's fueled by passion.

Julia Child came to my house and wanted a lesson in making risotto.

There isn't anything hotter than a guy who cooks.

Being a chef never seems like a job, it becomes a true passion.

Don't take a butcher's advice on how to cook meat. If he knew, he'd be a chef.

Chef: Any cook who swears in French.

Cooking may be a creative art, but it's also a wonderful full-time hobby.

I had a passion for cooking, and I was a very bad student.