Lesley Nicol Quotes

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

I love 'Top Chef.'

I competed in a test round of 'Kitchen Casino.' I feel like it's good to know what the competitors are going through.

My wife and I both love cooking - I am an advanced male - so we argue about who gets to rustle up dinner.

I think cookery shows have become so sophisticated, and everyone's so marvellous at it, but there are people like me who aren't into the cooking malarkey, who still don't know how to boil an egg for three minutes.

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

I'm good in the kitchen. I can cook seafood, collard greens, black-eyed peas.

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.

I watched the first week of 'Hell's Kitchen'. It was fascinating to see Marco Pierre White because I've only ever seen him in moody photographs.

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

You'll never see me on anything like 'MasterChef.' I'm just not interested.

I'm a good cook, but I can't bake.

I would love to go on 'MasterChef'. But while I really like cooking, I'm doubtful anyone would ever want to pay for what I'd cooked.

All my family were brilliant cooks when I was growing up, but I ended up just cleaning up, so I've always lacked confidence in the kitchen.

I'm a normal guy. I'm not a chef.

I'm actually a good cook.

Cooking is not difficult. Everyone has taste, even if they don't realize it. Even if you're not a great chef, there's nothing to stop you understanding the difference between what tastes good and what doesn't.

I don't know how to cook, but I do know how to bake.

Cooking is the showy side of domesticity.

When you have a chef that wants to be in the spotlight, maybe after one or two appearances on a show, they think they're at a certain level that they haven't reached yet in the kitchen. Shows like 'Top Chef', 'Hell's Kitchen' have helped bring attention to the culinary world.

I can cook really well. I started cooking as a kid, so I can fend for myself in the kitchen and even do a little gourmet action.

I do love a man who can cook.

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

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

I'm a decent cook; I'm a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point in my career. Period.