Jean-Georges Vongerichten Quotes
Top 36 wise famous quotes and sayings by Jean-Georges Vongerichten
Jean-Georges Vongerichten Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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 think we're always going to be based in New York. So I would say 50 percent New York and the other 50 percent around the world.
My two essential ingredients are chilies, any kind, dried or fresh; and acid, whether it's citrus - lemon, lime, yuzu - or vinegars. Food has to pop.
Cooking at home is easier than cooking in the restaurant because you don't have to write a menu or try to please everybody.
I landed in 1980 in Bangkok, and I stopped to eat ten times between the airport and the hotel. It was all lemongrass and ginger and chilies.
The house is always full, and we're always cooking - outside, inside, for six, eight, a dozen, 20 people.
The Hamptons remind me of my childhood vacations. I love the beach, restaurants, and produce found on the East End.
The toughest decision is always whether to open a restaurant. Two or three bad months, and you could be out of business.
I love cooking, but I love the business, too. It's important because a lot of chefs forget the business side and have to shut down after six months.
I think food is getting lighter and healthier because people eat out so often. It's about quality ingredients because that is the root of good food.
This is what I grew up on in Alsace. It's choucroute. I'd wake up every morning with the smell of cabbage and potatoes and pork.
If we put a vinaigrette together, every part of it is weighed. For the burger, we do a bit of arugula, olive oil - everything is weighed. To the gram.