Colicchio Quotes

Once you have your basics down, you can start breaking the rules. — Tom Colicchio

Recipes tell you nothing. Learning techniques is the key. — Tom Colicchio

A lot of professions happen to be male-dominated because women drop out at a certain point. It's unfortunate. — Tom Colicchio

I know how to make sausage, and now that I've seen how laws are made, I'll stick with sausage. — Tom Colicchio

Every season we try to do something new. And not for gimmicks. We feel the show has to evolve and keep changing. — Tom Colicchio

In an ideal world for me, school lunch would be free for everybody. — Tom Colicchio

You have to know the classics if you want to cook modern food. — Tom Colicchio

Every chef should have an understanding of pastries or desserts. — Tom Colicchio

I call all chefs 'cooks.' They're all cooks. That's what we do, we cook. You're a chef when you're running a kitchen. — Tom Colicchio

You want to be the baddest guy in the kitchen and you want the person next to you to know it. — Tom Colicchio

I get angry when I think that people are blatantly incorrect on matters of fact. — Tom Colicchio

I can't deliver lines, but I can talk about food all night long. — Tom Colicchio

I can't deal with a lot of spice but I have to eat it. I pay the price - I'm on medication for heartburn, so that's how I deal with it. — Tom Colicchio

Men with shaved heads are always better. Just ask my wife. — Tom Colicchio

I have very good knife skills. I learned to butcher on my second job - I was 18 years old. Every other day we would break down six legs of veal. — Tom Colicchio

I hate okra and grated mountain yam for the same reason. They're both slimy. — Tom Colicchio

I think the most effective way to run a kitchen is to teach, not to just yell. — Tom Colicchio

I think the patterns are set very early when the kids are young. But at the same time, there are some flavors kids just don't like. — Tom Colicchio

Too often, chefs just want to experiment - they want to use liquid nitrogen before they know how to use heat. — Tom Colicchio

I think steak is the ultimate comfort food, and if you're going out for one, that isn't the time to scrimp on calories or quality. — Tom Colicchio

'Chef' doesn't mean that you're the best cook, it simply means 'boss.' — Tom Colicchio

I know from personal experience, if a chef yelled at me in a kitchen, the first thing I'd want to do is hit them with a pot. — Tom Colicchio

I know nothing about hip-hop ... There's only so many times you can grab your crotch and prance around stage. I'm gonna get slammed now for this. — Tom Colicchio

Mushrooms can be very fancy. It's the closest you can get to eating dirt. — Tom Colicchio

One of the first jobs I ever had was opening clams in a seafood restaurant, so I'm pretty quick at it. — Tom Colicchio

A steak needs fat to taste great. — Tom Colicchio

In New York, I'll walk down the street and someone will say, 'Nice show,' and that's it. If I'm at a food festival, it's open season. — Tom Colicchio