Top Chef Quotes
Dave: [on being one of Tiffani's sous chefs] Helping someone who I just have little or no respect for.. drinking is the only way I can make it through. Lorraine, thanks for the wine.
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Suyai: I was just psyched when the flame went up, and I was, like, awesome! I was just, 'Oh, flambé.'
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Tom Colicchio: [After Suyai has told him how poorly she's doing] Do you think it's a good idea to sort of tip your hand right now, and let me know this?
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Elia: [about American Cheese] It's just this funky product that... shouldn't exist.
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Carlos: [after Tom Colicchio made a negative remark about his dish] It may not have been my crowning achievement, but I didn't think it was crap on a plate.
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Cliff: [referring to his QuickFire dish] I'm staring this ice cream down like it owes me money.
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Marisa: Pastry is a science, you put something into it that has a different molecular structure it's gonna react differently.
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Tom Colicchio: No one's going home tonight... but believe me, we're gonna be watching you really closely from here on out. Consider yourselves on probation!
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Marcel: Frank asked me, 'Do you want to be my partner?' It was kind of like being asked to go on prom with somebody that you’re not totally interested in, but for fear of not having anybody else to go to prom with, you’re like, 'okay.'
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Tom Colicchio: These are about choices. Someone's gotta say, 'Hey, that looks like Pepto-Bismol! We can't serve that. Let's fix it. Let's fix the problem.'
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Elia: [after being told her kidneys taste too much of kidney] Is this woman for real? I'm supposed to make kidney taste like olives, with a sauce?
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Betty: Marcel went for that pig's blood. Kinda looks like a vampire, don't you think?
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Joseph Ojeda: [about the basil in the pomegranate drink] It's not very sexy to be plucking out greens out of your mouth while you're in a dinner date.
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Anthony Bourdain: [On Michael] It's like Betty Crocker and Charles Manson had a love child, and he's cooking for me.
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Anthony Bourdain: [on Michael's dishes] That was so perverse, so inappropriate, I'm almost beginning to respect him.
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Carlos: [after being dismissed from the competition] I'm going to go home and have a margarita.
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Michael: [on guest judge Anthony Bourdain] Personally, I totally look up to the guy. He's not scared to tell someone their food sucks. Just hope he doesn't tell me I suck.
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Betty: [discussing soup Elia will make] I think mushroom would be lovely with what we're serving, but this is your dish.
Elia: I truly do not care anymore.
Betty: Well, then, make Cheez Whiz.
Elia: I truly do not care anymore.
Betty: Well, then, make Cheez Whiz.
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Carlos: [after being asked why it took him four hours to prepare his salad] If you're saying that I sat on my butt --
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Carlos: I came here for my Top Chef diploma, and I may not graduate, but I definitely got an education.
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Michael: [of the QuickFire Challenge] I don't eat raw food, so I'm like, 'What the hell am I gonna do?'
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