I know how to make sausage, and now that I've seen how laws are made, I'll stick with sausage. Tom Colicchio More Quotes by Tom Colicchio More Quotes From Tom Colicchio Many of them have accomplished a lot before they ever get to 'Top Chef' although they're not well known. The show just provides them with a platform. There's just one winner and on some seasons you can get numerous chefs that are really good. Even if they don't win, they're all talented. Tom Colicchio winnerwinningchef Hunger is a political issue, and there are several things politically that are keeping people hungry - not funding food stamps adequately, not funding school lunches adequately. So there is a political solution to the problem of hunger. Tom Colicchio issueslunchschool Asian food is very easy to like because it hits your mouth very differently than European food does. In European food, there may be two things to hit - maybe sweet and salty, maybe salty-savory, … but Asian kind of works around, plus you have that distinct flavor that’s usually working in Asian food. Tom Colicchio asiansweettwo In New York, I'll walk down the street and someone will say, 'Nice show,' and that's it. If I'm at a food festival, it's open season. Tom Colicchio festivalsnicenew-york A lot of professions happen to be male-dominated because women drop out at a certain point. It's unfortunate. Tom Colicchio malesunfortunatecertain A steak needs fat to taste great. Tom Colicchio steaktasteneeds I have very good knife skills. I learned to butcher on my second job - I was 18 years old. Every other day we would break down six legs of veal. Tom Colicchio skillsjobsyears Every season we try to do something new. And not for gimmicks. We feel the show has to evolve and keep changing. Tom Colicchio gimmickssomething-newtrying I can't deal with a lot of spice but I have to eat it. I pay the price - I'm on medication for heartburn, so that's how I deal with it. Tom Colicchio spicespay-the-pricemedication I can't deliver lines, but I can talk about food all night long. Tom Colicchio linesnightlong I get angry when I think that people are blatantly incorrect on matters of fact. Tom Colicchio matterpeoplethinking I hate okra and grated mountain yam for the same reason. They're both slimy. Tom Colicchio yamsmountainhate I know nothing about hip-hop... There's only so many times you can grab your crotch and prance around stage. I'm gonna get slammed now for this. Tom Colicchio stagehipship-hop I think the patterns are set very early when the kids are young. But at the same time, there are some flavors kids just don't like. Tom Colicchio flavorkidsthinking I travel around and hear from so many kids. Their parents say they were always very picky but they watch the show and they want to try stuff. The show is entertainment, but I think it has done so much for the public perception of what food can be. Tom Colicchio parentkidsthinking As a chef, I had started working with groups like Share Our Strength and various local food banks in New York, raising money for hunger-related issues. And not only me, but the entire restaurant industry has been very focused on this issue. Tom Colicchio issuesgroupsnew-york A couple of months ago, I was down in Florida for the Food and Wine Festival. And this journalist grabbed me and said, 'How does it feel to be a TV guy? You're no longer in the restaurant business.' And I laughed. I asked him, 'How long do you think it takes me to do a season?' He said, 'Well, 200 days.' And I was like, '200 days? Try 20!' Tom Colicchio couplewinethinking When I was 26, 27 years old I was running a kitchen in New York, and I was a raving lunatic. The older you get, you figure out you don't need to do that. You realize at a certain point, there's a certain gravity to what you say and what you do. If that's not enough, all the yelling in the world is not going to matter. Tom Colicchio new-yorkrunningyears Mushrooms can be very fancy. It's the closest you can get to eating dirt. Tom Colicchio dirtfancymushrooms I dont know too many parents that want to feed their kids soda, but high-fructose corn syrup is cheap. The price of soda in 20 years has gone down 40 percent while the price of whole foods, fruits and vegetables, has gone up 40 percent and obesity goes up right along that curve. Tom Colicchio curvesvegetableskids
