Quotes by Joe Bastianich

Joe Bastianich

‘MasterChef’ is the search for America’s culinary amateur talent, so this is a search for the best home cook in America, and it’s our job to figure out who that is.

America

Home

Jobs

After World War II, a lot of people moved to the cities for work and abandoned the old vineyards. Then in the 1950s and 1960s, wineries were paid to produce volume at a cheap price. That’s when the Lambruscos and bad Chianti were popular.

Cities

People

War

Although I love all the great foods of the world, my death row meal would have to be cooked for me by my mother and grandmother (they live together and this happens on most Sundays). More than satisfy our hunger, these dinners nurture the soul.

Mother

Soul

Sunday

America has been conditioned to think of pasta as the never-ending pasta bowl and Olive Garden.

America

Garden

Thinking

As a restaurateur, my palate is one of my most important tools.

Important

Palate

Tools

Aside from hospitality and delicious food, our [restaurateurs’] job is to entertain people. Restaurants should make people feel special, excited and fulfilled.

Jobs

People

Special

At Babbo, each dish grew out of a conversation, trying to put something forth that was new and different. It was a combination of culinary adventurism and the dining-room experience with respect for the classic but with an eye toward innovation. And it was about eating locally, whether produce or fish or meat.

Eye

Innovation

Trying

At home, I make a large batch of tomato sauce and freeze it in meal-size portions in freezer bags.

Bags

Home

Meals

Babbo’s menu is only four pages, but it’s overwhelming – there are 20 different pastas in there, a lot of stuff. There is nothing I hate more than a useless, lazy menu with only three appetizers and four entrees.

Different

Hate

Lazy

Beans are a real go-to for me.

Beans

Real

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Accomplished

Ambition

America

Art

Asia

Athletic

Average

Bagels

Bags

Baritones

Beans

Being The Best

Believe

Blood

Body

Bottles

Breakfast

Care

Challenges

Chef

Chicago

Cities

Competition

Competitors

Cooking

Cooks

Creating

Creating Value

Cutting

Darkness

Defense

Different

Dining

Dna

Done

Doubt

Dream

Dressing Up

Exercise

Expression

Eye

Fashion

Father

Fats

Financial

Firsts

Four

Fuel

Fun

Funny Things

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Quotes by Joe Bastianich

Joe Bastianich

‘MasterChef’ is the search for America’s culinary amateur talent, so this is a search for the best home cook in America, and it’s our job to figure out who that is.

After World War II, a lot of people moved to the cities for work and abandoned the old vineyards. Then in the 1950s and 1960s, wineries were paid to produce volume at a cheap price. That’s when the Lambruscos and bad Chianti were popular.

Although I love all the great foods of the world, my death row meal would have to be cooked for me by my mother and grandmother (they live together and this happens on most Sundays). More than satisfy our hunger, these dinners nurture the soul.

America has been conditioned to think of pasta as the never-ending pasta bowl and Olive Garden.

As a restaurateur, my palate is one of my most important tools.

Aside from hospitality and delicious food, our [restaurateurs’] job is to entertain people. Restaurants should make people feel special, excited and fulfilled.

At home, I make a large batch of tomato sauce and freeze it in meal-size portions in freezer bags.

Babbo’s menu is only four pages, but it’s overwhelming – there are 20 different pastas in there, a lot of stuff. There is nothing I hate more than a useless, lazy menu with only three appetizers and four entrees.

Beans are a real go-to for me.

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