100+ Best Cooking Quotes For Your Inspiration and To Spark Your Joy For Cooking

Famous Cooking Quotes of All Time

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1. “Food is a passion. Food is love.” – Hector Elizondo.
   

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2. “Laughter is brightest where food is best.” –Irish proverb.
3. When baking, follow directions. When cooking, go by your own taste. – Laiko Bahrs.
4. “If God had intended us to follow recipes, He wouldn’t have given us grandmothers.” – Linda Henley.
5. “Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements.”   – Marcel Boulestin.
   

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6. “Food is a necessary component to life. People can live without Renoir, Mozart, Gaudi, Beckett, but they cannot live without food.” – Grant Achatz.
7. “In the childhood memories of every good cook, there’s a large kitchen, a warm stove, a simmering pot, and a mom.” – Barbara Costikyan.
8. “I cook, I create, I’m incredibly excited by what I do, I’ve still got a lot to achieve.”– Gordon Ramsay.
9. “You don’t need a silver fork to eat good food.” – Paul Prudhomme.
10. “I feel a recipe is only a theme, which an intelligent cook can play each time with a variation.” –Madam Benoit.
11. “Cooking is an observation-based process that you can’t do if you’re so completely focused on a recipe.” – Alton Brown.

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12. Cooking well, with love, is an art. – Asha Bhosle.
13. Cooking is Love made visible. – Anonymous.
    

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14. “Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.” – Harriet Van Horne.
15. Cooking is one of the most Zen things – you have to be there. – Roy Choi.
16. I love hospitality, and I love cooking. The kitchen is where I feel most at ease and where I feel most like myself. – Geoffrey Zakarian.
17. “Until I discovered cooking, I was never really interested in anything.” — Julia Child.
18. I’m passionate about cooking. I’m passionate about healthy eating. I’m passionate about inspiring other women. – Tia Mowry.

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19. “Cooking is at once child’s play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.” – Craig Claiborne.
20. “I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.” – W C Fields.
21. “I like the Japanese knives; I like French knives. Whatever’s sharp.” – Wolfgang Puck.
22. “Cooking and shopping for food brings rhythm and meaning to our lives.” — Alice Waters.
23. “Ice cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.” – Voltaire.
24. “Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian, wine and tarragon make it French, sour cream makes it Russian, lemon and cinnamon make it Greek, soy sauce makes it Chinese, garlic makes it good.” – Alice May Brock.
25. “Cuisine has become too complicated — this is about subject, verb, adjective: duck, turnips, sauce.” – Alain Ducasse.
26. “The way you make an omelet reveals your character.” – Anthony Bourdain.
27. “Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.” — William Shakespeare.
28. “The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook.” – Julia Child.
29. “Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.” – Ernestine Ulmer.
30. “A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.” – Barbara Johnson.
31. “Life is a combination of magic and pasta.” – Federico Fellini.
32. “The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you’ve got to have a what-the-hell attitude.”– Julia Child.
33. “People who love to eat are always the best people.” – Julia Child.
34. “Fish, to taste right, must swim three times — in water, in butter and in wine.” – Polish Proverb.
35. “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.” – Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.
36. “People want honest, flavorful food, not some show-off meal that takes days to prepare.” — Ted Allen.
37. “All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.” – John Gunther.
38. “The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of mankind than the discovery of a star.” — Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.
39. “So, when people ask me, ‘What do you think of Michelin?’ I don’t cook for guides. I cook for customers.” – Gordon Ramsay.
40. “Invest in what’s real. Clean as you go. Drink while you cook. Make it fun. It doesn’t have to be complicated.” — Gwyneth Paltrow.
41. “The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.” – Calvin Trillin.
42. “Do not allow watching food to replace making food.” – Alton Brown.
43. Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters.” – Gordon Ramsay.
44. “To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.” – François de la Rochefoucauld.

Motivational Cooking Quotes

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45. Food brings people together on many different levels. It’s the nourishment of the soul and body; it’s truly love. – Giada De Laurentiis.
46. If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him… The people who give you their food give you, their heart. – Cesar Chavez.
47. The best comfort food will always be greens, cornbread, and fried chicken. –Maya Angelou.
48. Food can be very transformational, and it can be more than just about a dish. That’s what happened to me when I first went to France. I fell in love. And if you fall in love, well, then everything is easy. – Alice Waters.
49. To me, food is as much about the moment, the occasion, the location, and the company as it is about the taste. – Heston Blumenthal.
50. In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport. – Julia Child.
51. Great food is like great sex. The more you have the more you want. – Gael Greene.
52. The belly rules the mind. – Spanish Proverb.
53. The secret of food lies in memory – of thinking and then knowing what the taste of cinnamon or steak is. – Jerry Saltz.
54. Computers are to design as microwaves are for cooking. – Milton Glaser.
55. When it comes to cooking, it’s a skill you learn and develop. – Ainsley Harriott.

Inspirational Cooking Quotes

56. “A recipe has no soul. You as the cook must bring soul to the recipe.” – Thomas Keller.
57. “Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors—it’s how you combine them that sets you apart.” – Wolfgang Puck.
58. “If you are a chef, no matter how good a chef you are, it’s not good cooking for yourself; the joy is in cooking for others. It’s the same with music.” – i.am.
59. “Cooking with kids is not just about ingredients, recipes, and cooking. It’s about harnessing imagination, empowerment, and creativity.” – Guy Fieri.
60. “Real cooking is more about following your heart than following recipes.” – Anonymous.
61. “Cooking is at once child’s play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.” – Craig Claiborne.
62. “…no one is born a great cook; one learns by doing.” — Julia Child.
63. “Cooking requires confident guesswork and improvisation, experimentation and substitution, dealing with failure, and uncertainty in a creative way.” — Paul Theroux.
64. “I want them to bite into a cookie, and think of me, and smile. Food is love. Food has a power. I knew it in my mind, but now I know it in my heart.” – Jael McHenry.
65. “Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors — it’s how you combine them that sets you apart.” — Wolfgang.
66. “Cooking demands attention, patience, and, above all, a respect for the gifts of the earth.” – Judith B Jones.
67. “Cooking is an act of love, a gift, a way of sharing with others the little secrets — ‘piccoli segreti’ — that are simmering on the burners.” – Sophia Loren.
68. “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well if one has not dined well.” – Virginia Woolf.
69. “Cooking is like love, you do it well, or you do not do it at all.” – Harriet Van Horne.
70. “We all eat, and it would be a sad waste of opportunity to eat badly.” – Anna Thomas.
71. “There is no sincere love than the love of food.” – George Bernard Shaw.
72. “Food is a reminder of our humanity, our fragility, our createdness.” – Shauna Niequist.
73. “The most indispensable ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for.” –Sophia Loren.
74. “If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that’s exactly what I did.” – Gordon Ramsay.
75. “Cooking is like snow skiing: If you don’t fall at least 10 times, then you’re not skiing hard enough.” – Guy Fieri.
76. “It’s not about passion. ….. Passion ebbs and flows. To me, it’s about desire. If you have a constant, unwavering desire to be a cook, then you’ll be a great cook.” – Thomas Keller.
77. “So, when people ask me, ‘What do you think of Michelin?’ I don’t cook for guides. I cook for customers.” – Gordon Ramsay.
78. “Cooking is not difficult. Everyone has taste, even if they don’t realize it. Even if you’re not a great chef, there’s nothing to stop you understanding the difference between what tastes good and what doesn’t.” – Gerard Depardieu.
79. “Cooking requires confident guesswork and improvisation—experimentation and substitution, dealing with failure and uncertainty in a creative way.” – Paul Theroux.
80. “The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking, you’ve got to have a what-the-hell attitude.” – Julia Child.
81. “Cooking demands attention, patience, and above all, a respect for the gifts of the earth. It is a form of worship, a way of giving thanks.”– Judith B. Jones.
82. “Food is not just eating energy. It’s an experience.” – Guy Fieri.
83. “Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.” – Harriet Van Horne.
84. “Cooking is at once one of the simplest and most gratifying of the arts, but to cook well, one must love and respect food.” – Craig Claiborne.
85. “A chef is a mixture maybe of artistry and craft. You have to learn the craft really to get there.”  – Wolfgang Puck.
86. “I’m just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression.” – Maya Angelou.
87. “A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.” – Thomas Keller.
88. “Cooking with kids is not just about ingredients, recipes, and cooking. It’s about harnessing imagination, empowerment, and creativity.”– Guy Fieri.
89. “For me, cooking is an expression of the land where you are and the culture of that place.” – Wolfgang Puck.
90. “Cooking is about creating something delicious for someone else.” — Ayumi Komura.
91. “No one who cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cook’s past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.” — Laurie Colwin.
92. “Respect for food is respect for life, for who we are and what we do.” –Thomas Keller.

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93. “All sorrows are less with bread.”– Don Quixote.
94. “The greatest dishes are very simple.” – Auguste Escoffier.
95. “If you’re afraid of butter, use cream.” – Julia Child.
96. “Condiments are like old friends—highly thought of, but often taken for granted.” – Marilyn Kaytor.
97. “Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos.” – Don Kardong.
98. “Cooking is the ultimate giving.” – Jamie Oliver.
99. “We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.” – David Mamet.
100. “‘Chef’ doesn’t mean that you’re the best cook, it simply means ‘boss.” – Tom Colicchio.
101. “I always say that I don’t believe I’m a chef. I try to be a storyteller.” – Jose Andres.
102. “The greatest dishes are very simple.” – Auguste Escoffier.
103. “Food, glorious food!” – Lionel Bart.

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104. “What I say is true, anyone can cook… but only the fearless can be great.” —Gusteau on TV.
     

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A Man Who Can Cook Quotes

105. Whenever you wash dishes, cook, or clean, if you make no sound, this is smartness itself. A person who enters a house and makes a lot of noise is revealing a lack of spirituality; even cats and dogs do not make unnecessary sounds, and man as he naturally is does not make any either. – Michio Kushi.
106. The man who counts on the aid of a God deserves the help he doesn’t get. – Glen Cook.
107. I don’t cook – I can cook – but I’m not very good. I like being asked over for dinner because she can’t cook either. We would starve if it weren’t for modern technology. I know how to work a microwave, but love home-cooked meals. – Mark Mothersbaugh.
108. Woman: You certainly know the way to a man’s heart. Mae West: Funny, too, ’cause I don’t know how to cook. – Mae West.
109. Man is not a man until he stands for something good – Malcolm Cook.
110. watched at the window. Very soon the boat turned around again and came into the dock not far from the lighthouse. It looked like a man who jumped out. But Benny knew that the Cook boy was as big as a man. Benny watched him as he bent over his boat. He took – Gertrude Chandler Warner.
111. Never underestimate the joy of being married to the one man at the party who knows how to dance. – Claire Cook.
112. Time comes when every man’s got to feel something new when he’s got to feel young again, just because he’s growing old. Women are just the same. But when we get that way, we change our hair dress. Or get a new cook. – Clare Boothe Luce.
113. A man who offers to cook after he’s seen you trying to freeze a dead dog has to be at least a little bit keen. – Rosen Trevithick.
114. Cookery is a wholly unselfish art: as ‘art for art’s sake’ it is unthinkable. A man may sing in his bath every morning without the least encouragement, but no cook can cook just for his or her own sake in a like manner. All good cooks, like all great artists, must have an audience worth cooking for. – Andre Simon.
115. If a man marries his housekeeper or his cook, the national dividend is diminished. – Arthur Cecil Pigou.
116. I think it bespeaks a generous nature, a man who can cook. – Jilly Cooper.
117. The Emperor of China once sent a messenger to the wise man Lao-Tsu to ask how he should rule the kingdom. Lao-Tzu replied that he should rule the kingdom in the way you would cook a small fish. How do you cook a small fish? In the steady, cautious, caring way you undress a woman. – Chloe Thurlow.
118. This dissociation from the body extends to emotional disengagement. Without access to his feelings a man can’t help but lose track of who he is, what his priorities are and what is normal for him. – Mary Crocker Cook.

Cooking Together Quotes and Captions With Your Partner

119. “Life is what you bake it.”
     

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120. “The kitchen is extra hot when you’re in it.”
121. “Good food makes for a good mood.”
122. “Everything tastes better when we’re together.”
123. “Get you a bae who can cook.”
124. “I relish these moments with you.”
125. “I love spending time with you berry much.”
126. “If you combine wine and dinner, the new word is the winner.”
127. “I like you a waffle lot.”
128. “You can’t live a full life on an empty stomach.”
129. “People who love to eat are always the best people.” — Julia Child
130. “I know it’s cheesy, but I think this person is really great.”
131. “Date someone who gives you the same feeling of when you see your food coming at a restaurant.”
132. “Chop it like it’s hot.”
133. “Whip it! Whip it real good.”
134. “I loaf you more than bread, and that’s saying a lot.”
135. “All you need is love.”
136. “I love you from my head to-ma-toes.”
137. “We gave them something to taco ’bout.”
138. “Let’s taco ’bout how cute my partner is.”

Cooking Together Quotes

139. Cooking is an important part of good, stable family life. I like to get the family together; there’s a huge nurturing element in it. – Jade Jagger.
140. I love the idea of cooking, but I don’t like using recipe books, so I’ll put a mish-mash together, and it might be amazing by total accident, or it will be a catastrophe. – Trinny Woodall.
141. Food tastes better when you eat it with your family.

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