Alain Ducasse quotes
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“Desserts are like mistresses. They are bad for you. So if you are having one, you might as well have two.”
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“Failure is enriching. It's also important to accept that you'll make mistakes-it's how you build your expertise. The trick is to learn a positive lesson from all of life's negative moments.”
-- Alain DucasseSource : "Alain Ducasse: 'No geniuses have ever come from the kitchen. We are simply the bridge between nature and our clients'". Interview with Eliza Anyangwe, www.theguardian.com. May 24, 2014.
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“Tasting a dish should be memorable If nothing remains in the memory of a single guest, then I have made a mistake.”
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“A man obsessed: obsessed with perfection, sharing, aesthetics, taste, savoir-faire, and much more.”
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“At my home in the southwest of France, I grow oak, hazel, and lemon trees in my backyard.”
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“The Asian airlines have the best wine programs.”
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“The planets resources are rare; we must consume more ethically and equitably.”
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“The proportion of ingredients is important, but the final result is also a matter of how you put them together. Equilibrium is key.”
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“It is impossible to remain indifferent to Japanese culture. It is a different civilisation where all you have learnt must be forgotten. It is a great intellectual challenge and a gorgeous sensual experience.”
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“Techniques are not the most difficult to teach. The attitudes chefs take are much more important.”
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“The relentless pursuit of being different is very French.”
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“I have a very modern way of thinking; the chef is there to lead the team and not just to sit behind the piano.”
-- Alain DucasseSource : " Amid gloss and glitter, Ducasse and his students cook up tasty revelations" by Randall H. Harber, www.cnn.com. June 30, 2000.
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“Everyone talks about Spanish influences, but where is it?...Tell me 10 great Spanish restaurants in London....You can’t give me the addresses. Nor in Paris.”
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“Classical cooking and molecular gastronomy should remain separate...you can mix two styles and get fusion; any more and you just get confusion.”
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“Cuisine has become too complicated - this is about subject, verb, adjective: duck, turnips, sauce.”
-- Alain Ducasse
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