65 Gordon Ramsay Quotes That Are Straight Fire

1. "If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did."

2. "When you cook under pressure you trade perfection."

3. "Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it's too assertive to the naked eye."

4. "I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword - two jackets, one that's driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man."

5. "The pressure on young chefs today is far greater than ever before in terms of social skills, marketing skills, cooking skills, personality and, more importantly, delivering on the plate. So you need to be strong. Physically fit. So my chefs get weighed every time they come into the kitchen."

6. "Cooking today is a young man's game, I don't give a bollocks what anyone says."

7. "As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate."

8. "There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family."

9. "I train my chefs completely different to anyone else. My young girls and guys, when they come to the kitchen, the first thing they get is a blindfold. They get blindfolded and they get sat down at the chef's table... Unless they can identify what they're tasting, they don't get to cook it."

10. "When you're a chef, you graze. You never get a chance to sit down and eat. They don't actually sit down and eat before you cook. So when I finish work, the first thing I'll do, and especially when I'm in New York, I'll go for a run. And I'll run 10 or 15k on my - and I run to gain my appetite."

11. "I don't run restaurants that are out of control. We are about establishing phenomenal footholdings with talent."

12. “One lesson to any young chef out there: never mix family with business.”

13. "You don't come into cooking to get rich."

14. "Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters."

15. “Initially, let your food do the talking. You’ll be surprised how far you go in a short period of time.”

16. “What’s frustrating more than anything is when chefs start to cut corners and believe that they are incognito in the way they send out appetizers, entrees, and they know it’s not 100 percent, but they think the customers can’t spot it.”

17. “I am well aware that a chef is only as good as his last meal.”

18. "I cook, I create, I’m incredibly excited by what I do, I’ve still got a lot to achieve."

1. "The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over."

2. "I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow."

3. "I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure."

4. "I am what I am. A fighter."

5. “I think pressure’s healthy, and very few can handle it.”

6. “The secret is to make sure the business is running to perfection, with or without me.”

7. “When I get angry, I’m just being honest, and I don’t think it’s ever going to be any different. I, like any good chef, want everything to be perfect.”

8. “I’ve never been one for pondering or questioning and thinking. Waste of time. Dust yourself down and get back up.”

9. "I suppose your security is your success and your key to success is your fine palate."

10. “Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.”

11. “That journey of coming back to the very top is better than actually being at the top. You find out so much about yourself and who your friends are.”

12. “Best to start at the bottom and gradually climb up. It’s much more fun, too.”

13. “Being assertive and somewhat really firm has to be backed up with being fair.”

14. “Two key ingredients in any successful chef: a quick learner and someone with a sharp brain.”

15. “That level of frustration is healthy. If you don’t give a f–k and you’re not cautious about what you’ve just delivered, that tells you a lot about where you’re going to go in this industry, big time.”

1. "My wife, a schoolteacher, very disciplined. If you think I'm tough, trust me, and wait till you see when the children are on the naughty step. It's hilarious. So we decided that I'm going to work like a donkey and provide amazing support for the family."

2. “All four of the children have grown up with that respect, and that, hey, if you want something in your life, you work hard for it.”

3. “My mum doesn’t enjoy sometimes listening to me tell staff off, and I say to my mum, it’s a kitchen, not a hair-dressing salon.”

4. “What I’ve instilled in the kids, from day one, is a work ethic. So, the time we spend together is limited, but it’s quality.”

5. “I mean, families are weird.”

6. “I want my kids to see me as Dad, for God’s sake, not a television personality.”

1. "I'm Gordon Ramsay, for goodness sake: people know I'm volatile."

2. "You know how arrogant the French are - extraordinary."

3. "Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results."

4. "I act on impulse and I go with my instincts."

5. “This soufflé has sunk so badly James Cameron wants to make a film about it.”

6. "I'm not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now."

7. “My gran could do better! And she’s dead!”

8. “You’re getting your knickers in a twist! Calm down!”

9. “This pizza is so disgusting, if you take it to Italy you’ll get arrested.”

10. “If I can give you one strong piece of advice, when you go away for that romantic weekend, whatever you do, do not accept or take the upgrade to the honeymoon suite.”

11. “They say cats have nine lives. I’ve had 12 already and I don’t know how many more I’ll have.”

12. “This crab is so undercooked I can still hear it singing ‘Under the Sea.’”

13. “You added so much salt and pepper I can hear the dish singing ‘Push It.’”

14. “You do seriously surprise me… you surprise me how sh**ty you are.”

15. “This pork is so raw, I’m still singing ‘Hakuna Matata.'”

16. “I’d like to think I’m a great teacher.”

17. “I wouldn’t trust you running a bath let alone a restaurant.”

18. “I’ve never, ever, ever, ever, ever met someone I believe in as little as you.”

19. “There’s enough garlic in here to kill every vampire in Europe.”

20. “This isn’t a pizza, this is a mistake. This is an Italian tragedy.”

21. “This lamb is so undercooked, it’s following Mary to school!”

22. “You put so much ginger in this, it’s a Weasley.”

23. “Stop taking things personally.”

24. “This fish is so raw, he’s still finding Nemo.”

25. “This salad is so fresh it had to live with its aunty and uncle in Bel Air.”

26. “I’ll get you more pumpkin, I’ll ram it right up your a**.”