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I wanted to learn everything I could about what it takes to be a great chef. It was a turning point for me.

Thomas Keller

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Thomas Keller
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 14
Chef
Cookbook Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Restaurateur
Camp Pendleton
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Once you understand the foundations of cooking - whatever kind you like, whether it's French or Italian or Japanese - you really don't need a cookbook anymore.
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Whether it's destiny or fate or whatever, I don't think I could do a French Laundry anywhere else.
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But once in a while you might see me at In and Out Burger they make the best fast food hamburgers around.
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Success is measured by the memories you create.
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The media builds you up, and then it tears you down.
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I came to understand that the words executive and corporate never belong next to the word chef.
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Historically in restaurants, the service staff is awarded significantly higher wages than cooks and other staff who prepare the food on which a restaurant's reputation is based. The gap in pay is so great that it is becoming increasingly difficult for young cooks to pursue their passion at the rate of pay restaurants are able to afford.
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Repetition is the mother of perfection. If there is true perfection, it's about doing something over and over again. I truly think that if somebody does a recipe they've never done before and gets it right, they're probably more lucky than they are talented.
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I wonder if I love the communal act of eating so much because throughout my childhood, with four older brothers and a mom who worked in the restaurant business, I spent a lot of time fending for myself, eating alone - and recognizing how eating together made all the difference.
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I drank more wine when I wasn't working as much, to be honest.
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This is the great challenge: to maintain passion for the everyday routine and the endlessly repeated act, to derive deep gratification from the mundane.
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When I go out to eat, it's usually something moderate in style.
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Let's face it: if you and I have the same capabilities, the same energy, the same staff, if the only thing that's different between you and me is the products we can get, and I can get a better product than you, I'm going to be a better chef.
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Some of the recipes in the book have evolved for us. Many haven't.
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And don't forget music - music in the kitchen is an essential ingredient!
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