Drew Barrymore Quotes

I'm a beast in the kitchen.

You're getting to know who the great chefs are through their books.

First of all, I can't really claim to be a great chef.

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

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

I do like to cook. But I only cook a few things, but those few things I do really well.

I'm not on chef level, but I'd make a good line cook. That's not too shabby.

I'm a rather crude cook.

I'm a good cook, and I look at something like 'Iron Chef' and think, 'It's a good thing I already know how to cook' - because I would never think I could do it if I watched these shows.

God, Americans know how to cook.

The most followed chef is Delia Smith. She is my age and doesn't try to be entertaining, she encourages people to learn the basics.

Both my parents are wonderful cooks - my father looks like he has been in the kitchen his whole life.

I've never taken a cooking class. I've never gone to a cooking show. I've never read a recipe in my life.

Anyone can cook, and most everyone should.

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

I'm terrible in the kitchen. I was mostly raised by my mother and she could cook, so I never perfected that skill. If I had to count on my own cooking to survive, I'd probably be thinner.

I grew up watching my mom in the kitchen, that's how I know anything about cooking. I've always wanted to go to a culinary class actually.

Like turning potatoes or making a bearnaise sauce by hand, forming a cornet - essentially a DIY pastry bag - from parchment paper feels like one of those things culinary students do once or twice and then never again.

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

I like to make everything and I can really cook.

I was a part- time chef. I can cook you the best steak you've ever had.

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.

A chef and a restaurateur are different jobs: One is about pleasing people with what's on the plate; the other is about understanding the market. I'm a chef, but I think I'm a savvy businessperson, too.

I am actually a very good cook (if I may say so myself). I just don't know that many recipes.