Gordon Ramsay Quotes

In one respect, it's easier to open a restaurant in New York because you get more media attention than anywhere else. Almost everyone will try a new place once, irrespective of the reviews, because it's a spectator sport.

The dirty little secret is that I grew up in a household where there were no carbohydrates allowed, ever. No cookies, no bread, no potatoes, no rice. My mother was very extreme in terms of what she served. Since I left home more than 40 years ago, I've been making it right for myself.

Junk food's not going anywhere. The specifics of what's being snacked on, and what's considered 'junk' and what's 'healthy' will change, of course, depending on what's available.

Consumer preferences for food have changed... Changed radically. I call them seismic shifts.

When I eat out, I tend to go for the things I like instead of the things I need.

I used to be really fussy, I just used to eat chicken or steak. I didn't really eat fish, but I eat a lot of it now.

I drink a lot of juice and eat a lot of vegetables.

I don't think it exists anymore where you have to be a vegetarian or meat-eater. There's this beautiful gray area that we're all living in now; it just takes some exposure to the different ways to do it.

No matter what lifestyle you choose, when it comes to eating, we should all as consumers have a choice to make informed decisions. We shouldn't be misinformed or mislead.

We Anglophones have reasons for adopting strange diets. Increasingly, we live alone. We have an unprecedented choice of foods, and we're not sure what's in them or whether they're good for us. And we expect to customize practically everything: parenting, news, medicines, even our own faces.

Food is a reflection of who you are as a person.

I love food, but if I find a restaurant I like in a new city, I can eat every meal there, and sometimes I do... and even sometimes the same dish.

Almost every time we get together with family or friends, the conversation ends up being about food.

I'm getting older, and I'm smarter about how I eat.

I'm dead fussy about food: I don't eat junk.

A man that lives on pork, fine-flour bread, rich pies and cakes, and condiments, drinks tea and coffee, and uses tobacco, might as well try to fly as to be chaste in thought.

I don't think the problem is telling people you're on a diet. The problem is eating ice cream for breakfast.

When someone asks me about my diet I feel terrible saying that I don't really have one.

Scandal has made wine and popcorn seem like a viable, even healthful, meal.

If I'm telling people I'm boxing and then I'm eating a burger tonight, it's because I am. I'm not cheating and eating a salad and then being like "Yeah! Burgers are cool!"

I used to be shy about ordering a steak after I had eaten a steak sandwich, but I got used to it.

Eating crappy food isn't a reward -- it's a punishment.

Food is my friend and consistency is the key.

Eating at home is important for us, because we eat out so much when we're away. When I'm at home I cook a lot and we eat pretty healthily. I'm not a massive vegetable fan - I've got better since I discovered how to undercook them.

There are people who so arrange their lives that they feed themselves only on side dishes.