Marco Pierre White Quotes

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Marco Pierre White

Profession : Chef

Birth : December 11, 1961

I'm happiest walking through fields, on beaches, and over riverbanks. Nature is my surrogate mother.

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I was racially discriminated against for years as a child in Leeds because I was an Italian.

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There's something rather comforting about putting on an apron.

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I'm naturally an introvert.

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I never met a man who worked harder than me.

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I was brought up a working-class Tory. I believe, to be a true socialist, you have to be a capitalist first. In my heart, I'm a socialist; in my mind, I'm a capitalist.

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I just can't stand Tony Blair.

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You can't be a chef and appear on television all the time. It's impossible. At least when I earned my stars, I was always behind my stove.

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Nine out of 10 English chefs have their names on their chests. Who do they think they are? They're dreamers. They're jokes.

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I like my mind being stimulated. I like discovering new concepts.

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Females make better cooks than men. Females have a better palate. They have a better sense of smell. They never take shortcuts; this is why they're very good in kitchens. The weakness in what they do is they are not as physically strong as men, so they're never really given the opportunity.

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The newspapers had described me as the Jagger of the Aga. It wasn't hard living up to the reputation.

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I love gardens!

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Just because something is English does not necessarily mean it is good. We make the best cheddar; we make great pasties. But we can't make very good brie or baguettes - and the French can't make pork pies.

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Generally, I respect critics; they have their job to do.

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The food wasn't very good in the first kitchen I ever worked in. But it was very busy, so I learnt to be fast, absorb pressure, use a knife, and say, 'Yes, chef.'

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I think what you got to do is to create an environment which people wish to sit in. You have to create a menu which is interesting to people. You have to create food which is delicious and affordable. I think that's what's important.

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I don't need Michelin, and they don't need me.

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My cooking attracted celebrities. I met Sylvester Stallone. He squeezed my bicep and said: 'I don't usually eat your kind of food, but for you, I ate it.' I haven't got a clue what he'd eaten but he asked me to cook for his wedding feast when he married Jennifer Flavin at Blenheim Palace.

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I discovered that the world of the finest restaurants was something akin to the world of the Mafia.

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