Isabel Gillies Quotes

Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food

You know, I used to think I was a foodie, and then my wife went to culinary school and basically explained to me that I was just a guy that likes to eat.

I'm passionate about anything I align myself with. You want to talk about chocolate chip cookies? I'm not going to open a chocolate chip cookie store, but I will talk your ear off about it.

I was a foodie and I continue to be a foodie.

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

I am the biggest foodie ever.

I'm kind of obsessed with food - I really am.

No one raps about food like I do. I rap about fine dishes - like, all kinds of things that only real chefs and real foodies are going to know about.

I'm a hard worker. I get my hands dirty.

I'm something of a foodie, I guess, and I'm a big Chinese food fan.

I'm the farthest thing from a foodie or a food snob. Those people terrify me.

I have grown up in a house around all foodies.

I work hard. That's probably one of my only strengths.

My brother Mike is the hardest working person I know.

I came from the South with a mother who was hard working, so I love going to work every day.

For my 16th birthday, my family took me to L'Auberge de L'Ill, which was family-run but had three Michelin stars. It was a revelation. After that meal, I realised this is what I want to do.

Food is a passion because I basically grew up in a kitchen. My mother was a gourmet chef and I'm the youngest of five kids. We would always congregate in the kitchen.

I was really lucky to have been raised in this really powerful matriarchy where my dad was around, but I was with my mom and my grandma most of the time. They were heavy influences on me. My mother has a career in technology; my grandma sold real estate.

I'm a workhorse. I'll take anything and everything I can get, and I'll do it with a smile on my face.

I'm someone that's a hard worker and takes their job seriously and gives it all they've got.

I'm such a foodie.

I am a workaholic. I am very restless, and I am always looking for good work. I don't act for the heck of it; I do it because I love it.

Food is a part of life. People are foodies and love to shop for food.

I saw my dad work hard and then would see and know his interest and intentions, and that wasn't necessarily the narrative you would see in the press.

I always think of my grandfather as the original foodie. He was the slowest eater. He savored everything. Even when everyone was gone from the table, he was still eating.