Latest Robert Irvine Quotes from Interviews

• I've never been a competition guy.

  Robert Irvine

  Guy, Competition

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

• I believe in national service, I believe that every young adult citizen should do two years of national service. Not necessarily to be deployed, but to understand teamwork, responsibility and mixing with different people.

  Robert Irvine

  Teamwork, Believe, Responsibility

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

• Every time I tour military outlets, I dedicate the food, fitness and set-ups to their service, because it all came to me through the military.

  Robert Irvine

  Military, Outlets

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• The military taught me discipline, how to problem solve, teamwork and loyalty, a perfect parallel to the kitchen. If we could take that and bottle it, it would be a amazing thing.

  Robert Irvine

  Loyalty, Teamwork, Military

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

• America was built on immigrants, and what they bring 'to the table.'

  Robert Irvine

  America, Tables, Immigrants

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• The sharing of food is like breaking bread, it's very symbolic.

  Robert Irvine

  Bread, Symbolic

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• Food is culture, and we need to listen to it.

  Robert Irvine

  Needs, Culture

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

• The culture of chefs is a melting pot, and I always say this - if we could put all the heads of state around a table, each representing their food culture, and then each take one bite of the other's and pass it to the right, and then explain the ideals and culture around those bites, our world problems would be easier to solve.

  Robert Irvine

  Our World, Food Culture, Tables

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

• For years - especially in England where I come from - cooking was a subservient job. When I told my Dad I was going to be a cook, he wouldn't talk to me for two years. Even though it was associated with my military service, he thought cooking was beneath me.

  Robert Irvine

  Jobs, Dad, Military

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

• Whenever I deal with children or the military, that becomes special to me.

  Robert Irvine

  Children, Military, Special

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

• The children don't choose to be in the business, but the harming and long-term effects through arguments, divorce and conflicts over the financial issues in a business are huge.

  Robert Irvine

  Children, Divorce, Issues

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

• The impression that is out there about me is that I'm really hard-nosed, but the people who really know me, know that I am a soft touch.

  Robert Irvine

  People, Impression, Know Me

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

• I found that most people who buy restaurants should never have done it, because they don't understand money.

  Robert Irvine

  People, Done, Restaurants

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

• What I learned about America is that anything is possible, but sometimes people get into businesses they shouldn't be in. They go in without capital or know how, but their mothers had told them that they could cook, and they're good with people.

  Robert Irvine

  Mother, America, People

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

• I had written two cookbooks, and they had done well, but I wanted to move to fitness, because it's big with me.

  Robert Irvine

  Moving, Two, Done

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com