Ted Allen Quotes

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Ted Allen

Profession : Entertainer

Birth : May 20, 1965

I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.

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I am much more interested in the process than results.

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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.

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I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen.

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Oh, did I tell you I have a cookbook? I have a cookbook deal.

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Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.

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In actuality, there was casting for the show and it was pretty difficult.

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I went in saying I wanted to be the food guy.

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However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It's just something I'm passionate about.

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The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who they are.

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I think that curiosity happened on these reviews where I was just a guest of the reviewer, because it introduced me to new cuisines and to the idea of cooking as a mechanism for studying other cultures and understanding other parts of the world.

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I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles.

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Sesame oil is probably my favorite condiment, period.

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I'm in a loft and the kitchen is in the very center of the apartment. The whole place revolves around it.

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I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!

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My place in Chicago is a 105 year old house, but I really like contemporary spaces too, so it's refreshing and fun to be in a space where you can do contemporary things.

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What I bring to the table is a huge enthusiasm and love for this stuff.

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My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches, and everyone is trying to go low-carb this year, even a green vegetable has carbs in it.

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For each episode the five of us are all wearing clothes by the same designer. It's a different designer for each episode, but for each one we're all wearing their clothes.

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Thom is one of those wonderful people to cook for because he absolutely loves it, just loves it. He loves to eat and drink and he'd be a great guest at any dinner party.

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