Joe Bastianich Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“In Italy, food is an expression of love. It is how you show those around you that you care for them. Having a love for food means you also have a love for those you are preparing it for and for yourself.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Mean #Expression #Care

“Although I love all the great foods of the world, my death row meal would have to be cooked for me by my mother and grandmother (they live together and this happens on most Sundays). More than satisfy our hunger, these dinners nurture the soul.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Mother #Sunday #Soul

“You can enjoy a $15 bottle of wine as much as you can enjoy a $100 bottle of wine.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Wine #Bottles #Chef

“Aside from hospitality and delicious food, our [restaurateurs'] job is to entertain people. Restaurants should make people feel special, excited and fulfilled.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Jobs #People #Special

“America has been conditioned to think of pasta as the never-ending pasta bowl and Olive Garden.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Garden #Thinking #America

“Frankly, Milan kind of sucks as a restaurant city. Its so fashion-obsessed that people dont pay that much attention to the food.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Fashion #Cities #People

“Restaurant Man is kind of the story, an unabridged story of what happened in my life, the good bad and ugly. Some people might glean some life lessons. It is honest, not written as a press release.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Life Lesson #Men #People

“The pressure, the heat, the almost impossibly fast pace at which you need work - this is the reality of working in the culinary industry. This is what professional chefs do night after night.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Night #Reality #Needs

“I prioritize in life. I like to work, I do TV shows, I do a lot of Iron Man training. I enjoy kicking back on a good night and drinking wine until I go to bed, and having fun with my friends. You just have to make time for it and keep it balanced.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Good Night #Fun #Drinking

“Carbs - especially pasta - are the fuel my body needs to maintain an athletic lifestyle.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Athletic #Needs #Fuel

“Your pantry is your first line of defense against food-borne illness and things like high blood pressure and cholesterol.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Blood #Defense #Lines

“No matter what it is you are cooking, buy the best ingredients you can afford. I don't care if it's a simple salad or Beef Wellington. A quality product stands alone and won't need any dressing up.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Simple #Dressing Up #Cooking

“The stories of wine lords who trade wine on intimidation or food critics who trade free meals for reviews those are the stories of my life. I am telling the stories of my life in a true way.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Wine #Meals #Stories

“As a restaurateur, my palate is one of my most important tools”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Important #Tools #Palate

“I'm a baritone. Baritones don't mature until late.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Mature #Baritones

“At home, I make a large batch of tomato sauce and freeze it in meal-size portions in freezer bags.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Home #Meals #Bags

“I believe that 'MasterChef' brings something more to the table, so to speak, than simply being another reality food TV show. My hope is that it will inspire America to get more involved in the food they eat, how it is prepared.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Believe #Reality #Tv Shows

“I eat a lot of whole grains for breakfast, a lot of dried fruit. And my big thing is pasta. I do a lot of simple pasta, with great ingredients.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Simple #Breakfast #Pasta

“Being general manager is like being the de facto owner. It's like wearing the crown of 'Restaurant Man' without being 'Restaurant Man.' You're trying to run the business, but you're running the ranch without riding the big horse.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Running #Horse #Men

“With four-appetizer, four-entree menus, it's like, give me a break. That's not a restaurant, that's a dinner party.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Party #Giving #Four

“My wife and I battle over home decor. My style goes from Gothic to Baroque. Hers is minimalist.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Home #Wife #Style

“Pasta is the one food I can't live without. It's the food I eat to fuel my running.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Running #Fuel #Pasta

“It's kind of like a midlife crisis kind of thing. When you turn 40, you have to run the marathon, while all the parts still work properly.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Running #Midlife #Marathon

“Most people who open restaurants will fail, because they lack the fundamental understanding of restaurant math. Either they think they're superstar cooks or they think they're superstar hosts.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Math #Thinking #People

“Classics can be phenomenal when done right. A simple roast chicken dish could be the best thing you ever eat.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Simple #Done #Being The Best

“Essentially, wines are fermented grape juice, so I'm trying to make the point that the wine world is about scores and marketing and kind of creating a scarce resource where they don't really exist.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Wine #Creating #Marketing

“If you eliminate the junk food, you don't really run the risk of gaining weight if you've got a good workout routine.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Running #Workout #Risk

“Wine pricing is an art - like painting.”
-- Joe Bastianich

#Art #Wine #Painting