Guy Fieri Quotes

I love cooking. I'm in the restaurant business.

I don't get to cook in my own restaurant.

My cousin owns restaurants, and I used to work in his restaurants with his chef. I've always liked food, and I've always been interested in cooking and stuff like that.

I would work as a cook, get a little money, then open another restaurant.

If I wasn't acting, I would want to be in the food and restaurant business. I really love to cook and am fascinated by the art of cooking in general.

If a restaurant kitchen is your office, Nom is for you.

One day, I'll open my own restaurant or do something related to food, though I can't cook to save my life.

Remember, restaurateurs are only shopkeepers; that's all we are. It's no different from the supermarket down the road.

I have spent more time in my life working and being in restaurants than being at home. I immediately feel comfortable entering a restaurant, and I feel even more comfortable in the back with the chef and cooks.

The food business is very tough, but there's also a lot of love and very giving.

I spent several years cooking on a line.

I'm not a TV guy. I'm a restaurant chef and a businessman.

To me, there's no great chef without a great team.

I started cooking when I was 18 years old, and now I have restaurants all over the world.

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

I want to go to culinary school because I love cooking. One day I'd love to open up a restaurant or cafe.

If I wasn't an actress, I'd be a chef. I'd love to open a restaurant.

I don't have any interest in being a chef without being on the business side of things, or vice versa, because if you don't make money at the end of the month, you're going out of business.

I ended up wanting to be a cook and hold my own in a restaurant.

It came to me that the one thing I could do was cook. And I figured I couldn't do any worse than the people running these places around town.

I started waiting tables in college and realized how much I loved the business and loved to cook. I decided to go to culinary school and never looked back.

I love how restaurants work. The energy, the pace, and the idea of working under budgetary restraints reminds me a lot of sets.

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

It's a 12-hour cooking class for me on the set of 'Chopped.' You'd think I'd get sick of it, but it's a source of endless interest to me. The only thing I don't like about it is it's a long day and my feet hurt. Otherwise, I love it.

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.