Quotes by Eric Ripert

Eric Ripert

A lot of foreign people say, when asking about eating habits, ‘What is your guilty pleasure?’ I have no guilt. Whatever I do, I enjoy and it’s the point. I think if you start to feel guilty about it, that’s a problem. So, no guilty pleasures. I have pleasure and no guilt at all.

Guilt

People

Thinking

America is a such a melting pot, I’m not sure if roast chicken is the classic comfort food for everybody.

America

Comfort

Melting

At 15, I had to choose a vocational school, and I was delighted, of course, to go to culinary school. But learning the basics was not as exciting as being the chef I am today.

Chef

School

Today

California is lucky, the East Coast is lucky because we get great seafood and a lot of produce from Florida, locally in good weather, but in the winter we have to buy it.

Florida

Weather

Winter

Cooking is a holistic process of planning, preparing, dining and sharing food. I place food at the center of our humanity, as it nourishes not only our physical bodies but also our emotional and spiritual lives. Food is truly a cultural phenomenon that informs our traditions and our relationship with the earth. I genuinely believe that food connects us all.

Believe

Emotional

Spiritual

Fast food is both evil and genius. Because of it we can feed a large number of people fairly decently at an affordable price. However, all the artificial flavors and artificial ingredients in some of their products are unacceptable. And it’s designed so you can eat fast so you get back to work more quickly. Not good.

Evil

Numbers

People

For me, food is about memories, feelings, emotions, and so is Le Bernardin, and that’s why it’s not just a restaurant.

Emotion

Feelings

Memories

I am a Buddhist, therefore I should not be collecting anything – however, I have a collection of Buddhas. I have a lot of them.

Buddhist

Collecting

Should

I am an audiophile. It’s almost like a virus. I’m completely crazy about the quality of sound. It’s interesting and painful at the same time; you have to really spend a lot of money on the equipment.

Crazy

Interesting

Quality

I come from a family of farmers on both sides of my family.

Farmers

My Family

Sides

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Apples

Beautiful

Believe

Book

Buddhist

California

Careers

Central Park

Changing Your Mind

Chef

Children

Clubs

Collecting

Comfort

Cooking

Crazy

Cutting

Dining

Dream

Eggs

Emotion

Emotional

Evil

Exercise

Fantastic

Farmers

Feelings

Fishes

Florida

Garlic

Guilt

Helping

Ideas

Importance

Interesting

Jazz

Kids

Kitchen

Library

Lobster

Melting

Memories

Menus

Mind

Mistake

Months

Mother

Moving

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Quotes by Eric Ripert

Eric Ripert

A lot of foreign people say, when asking about eating habits, ‘What is your guilty pleasure?’ I have no guilt. Whatever I do, I enjoy and it’s the point. I think if you start to feel guilty about it, that’s a problem. So, no guilty pleasures. I have pleasure and no guilt at all.

America is a such a melting pot, I’m not sure if roast chicken is the classic comfort food for everybody.

At 15, I had to choose a vocational school, and I was delighted, of course, to go to culinary school. But learning the basics was not as exciting as being the chef I am today.

California is lucky, the East Coast is lucky because we get great seafood and a lot of produce from Florida, locally in good weather, but in the winter we have to buy it.

For me, food is about memories, feelings, emotions, and so is Le Bernardin, and that’s why it’s not just a restaurant.

I am a Buddhist, therefore I should not be collecting anything – however, I have a collection of Buddhas. I have a lot of them.

I am an audiophile. It’s almost like a virus. I’m completely crazy about the quality of sound. It’s interesting and painful at the same time; you have to really spend a lot of money on the equipment.

I come from a family of farmers on both sides of my family.

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