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I've never tried to be a celebrity chef, people call me that but I was that young boy that the media chose.

Marco Pierre White

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Marco Pierre White
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: December 11
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Chef
Reality Television Participant
Restaurateur
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I don't do social events, I don't do award ceremonies, I don't do charity dinners. I live my life off-radar.
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Gastronomy is the French Foreign Legion. You don't need any qualifications. Just walk through the door and keep your head down. Be respectful - Yes chef! - and you'll be given a trade. One day you'll be in a position where you can put a roof over your children's heads, you can put food on their table, create security for them.
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I think if you've been given something in life you have a moral duty to give things back.
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Do I shout, belittle or swear? No. I have sufficient confidence within myself to control my environment just by my presence, just by working hard and leading from the front.
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I can't imagine anything worse than trying to impress a girl with dinner. To be honest, I'm always impressing myself, not other people.
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At the end of the day it's just food, isn't it? Just food.
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How many chefs when I was a young boy shouted at me during service? All I ever said was Yes, chef. The customer is the most important. If the chef overreacts, fine. At the end of service, you apologize.
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People who can give themselves every day. They're the people that I admire, they're real people.
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The more I invested in myself, the kinder I was to myself and the more I understood myself.
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Eating is one of the most important aspects of living. I like indulging. I like to eat one food at a time, to savor each individual thing.
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I have no problem in asking a diner to leave for two reasons: 1. If they are rude to my staff. No one has that right. If we make a mistake, allow us to rectify it. 2. If they are loud and abusive at the table. They have no regard or respect for the other diners, who may have worked very hard to save up their cash to afford your prices.
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I'm not a worrier. I like sleeping.
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Once you grow up and discover yourself as a human being you look at things for what they are.
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We're in a world that is run by accountants and I think that it's sad in many ways.
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I wasn't manufactured. I was cut from the cloth of the very old world of gastronomy. There was no such thing as celebrity chefs, chefs were trained and I like to think that I still represent those old values from that world and the opportunities that I am offered I often say no to.
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If you are not extreme, then people will take shortcuts because they don't fear you.
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I cannot teach anybody how to cook. All I can do is show them, share methods with them.
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A tree without roots is just a piece of wood.
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I spent my days on the riverbanks, in the woods, in the fields, shooting, hunting and stalking. I unravelled everything within my life. Self discovery is most important to me.
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I didn't understand myself well enough be an ambassador to my world, to inspire people to want to cook, to inspire young people to want to come into my industry.
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