Jamie Oliver Quotes

I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.

I cook a little - I've never taken classes or anything - but enough to get by.

I'm a home cook and love to read about food, but I'm not trained as a chef. I'm just really into cooking and passionate about it.

I do cook whenever the time permits. But my daughter Isha is a much better cook than I am.

I love to cook. My mom taught me to cook at a very, very young age.

I am not much of a cook.

My love for cooking began when I was young. Because my parents were in the army, they were both really busy. A lot of times I'd have to cook for the family; I'd rotate with my siblings. It started out as a chore, but as I got older, my mom started to see that I was really good at it. I became her sous chef.

I'm actually a really good cook, and people don't believe this about me!

You can love food without being a cook. Equally, you can love food and be a very good cook.

My mum, she's a really good cook, she was our school cook as well, so in primary school. She was always cooking and in the kitchen so I've always been interested in it through her.

Anyone can cook, and most everyone should.

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.

I'm a terrible cook.

Sorry, I'm not much of a cook.

I'm actually a good cook.

I've always been a foodie. My grandmother got me hooked on cooking.

I've never gone to culinary school, but I do love cooking.

I do love a man who can cook.

My mother gave me a real kick toward cooking, which was that if I wanted to eat, I'd better know how to do it myself.

I liked to screw around in the kitchen when I was a kid. But I started cooking when I was 15.

My interest in food really began with a month's cookery course in Frome, Somerset, after my A-levels. I left the course not an incredible cook, alas, but a real enthusiast. Food and cooking is at the core of entertaining, and my passion grew and grew.

I seriously love to cook... My grandmother was an amazing cook. As a kid I used to help her make handmade pasta, Cavatelli and Ravioli. It was one of my favorite things to do. I love the idea of making whatever is in the fridge into something.

I think for me, as far as cooking, some of it came naturally just from watching my dad. My dad was more of the cook than my mom was, so it's just handing it down from generation to generation. I just love to cook and have fun. And as performers, we love to cook, and we love to entertain people.

When I was about nine years old, I announced to my mother that I was going to cook Thanksgiving dinner. And I went to the library and got this whole pile of books. I'd love to say it all turned out great. It didn't. But, sort of, from that point on, whenever there was serious cooking at home, I was the one who did it.

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