I don't know if I am a good cook, but I am a dedicated cook.
I tend to tell my readers to go for the cheapest ingredients every time, unless they're unbearable. If so, you only need to have them once and the next week switch up.
No one's born a good cook. You have to learn and practice.
When you do a menu at a restaurant, you have to be the engineer of that menu. It has to be a crowd-pleaser.
I do sometimes cook myself, and I do enjoy it, though it does depend what's in the fridge, and filming can mean I don't have much time.
I was always a good cook from my mum showing me when I was a young lad, but hiring a chef helped me to understand food better.
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 enjoy watching talented cooks bringing together ingredients into a fabulous dish.
I can chop and peel vegetables but can't cook full meals.
I think baking is very rewarding, and if you follow a good recipe, you will get success.
One of the smartest things you can do on 'Chopped' is to take one of those ingredients and make a pickle out of it, because almost every dish benefits from that. I'm feeling like those intuitions are becoming more natural.
Preparing food is one of life's great joys, but a lot of times, parents ask their kids if they want to cook with them and then tell them to go peel a bag of potatoes. That's not cooking - that's working!
I'm a rather crude cook.
My goal in 'Live to Cook' is to make great food more approachable for home cooks.
When anybody is just starting the process of cooking, I always say it takes practice, and nobody got to be a great cook on their first try.
If you want to be a home cook, just have fun with it. Pick up a couple cookbooks. You're gonna make some mistakes; just go in and try it.
When I have time, I really enjoy cooking.
Fine dining teaches you how to cook many different things, and it gives you the basic fundamentals, but these specialty restaurants, they're not teaching you the broad foundation you need to become a well-rounded cook.
Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything!
I've never been a great cook.
I like to make everything and I can really cook.
I think anybody can cook if they take the time.
I've never cooked a great meal.
If you're picky, you have to learn about cooking.
Look, when you are starting to put something together, you want the pudding to come out good. You're trying to put in the right ingredients.
