Tom Colicchio Quotes - Page 2

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• 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

  Couple, Wine, Thinking

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• 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.

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  Winning, Chef, Winner

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• 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

  School, Lunch, Issues

  "Colicchio of Top Chef fights hunger" by Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. February 28, 2013.

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• A steak needs fat to taste great.

  Tom Colicchio

  Needs, Taste, Steak

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• A lot of professions happen to be male-dominated because women drop out at a certain point. It's unfortunate.

  Tom Colicchio

  Males, Certain, Unfortunate

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• 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

  Pay The Price, Spices, Medication

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• I can't deliver lines, but I can talk about food all night long.

  Tom Colicchio

  Night, Long, Lines

  "Tom Colicchio on Keeping 'Top Chef' Fresh, His 'Treme' Arc and Why He Was Cut From the 'Sex and the City' Pilot (Q&A)". Interview with Seth Abramovich, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 06, 2012.

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• I get angry when I think that people are blatantly incorrect on matters of fact.

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  Thinking, People, Matter

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• 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

  Hip Hop, Hips, Stage

  "What We Learned from Tom Colicchio's New Show" by Eric Vilas-boas, www.esquire.com. October 25, 2012.

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• 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

  Kids, Thinking, Flavor

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• 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

  New York, Nice, Festivals

  "Tom Colicchio: The ESQ + A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. April 26, 2011.

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• Every season we try to do something new. And not for gimmicks. We feel the show has to evolve and keep changing.

  Tom Colicchio

  Trying, Gimmicks, Something New

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• 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.

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  Kids, Thinking, Parent

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• 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.

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  Running, New York, Years

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• Mushrooms can be very fancy. It's the closest you can get to eating dirt.

  Tom Colicchio

  Mushrooms, Fancy, Dirt

  "The Hot Seat: Tom Colicchio". Interview with Billie Cohen, www.timeout.com. November 11, 2008.

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• I call all chefs cooks. They're all cooks. That's what we do, we cook. You're a chef when you're running a kitchen.

  Tom Colicchio

  Running, Kitchen, Chef

  Interview with Joel Keller, tv.avclub.com. March 16, 2011.

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• 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.

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  Kids, Curves, Vegetables

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• I don't really like money - I like the things you can buy with money.

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  Source: www.esquire.com

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