At my home in the southwest of France, I grow oak, hazel, and lemon trees in my backyard.
ALAIN DUCASSEAt my home in the southwest of France, I grow oak, hazel, and lemon trees in my backyard.
ALAIN DUCASSEFailure is enriching. It’s also important to accept that you’ll make mistakes – it’s how you build your expertise.
ALAIN DUCASSEI have a very modern way of thinking; the chef is there to lead the team and not just to sit behind the piano.
ALAIN DUCASSEIt is a great intellectual challenge and a gorgeous sensual experience.
ALAIN DUCASSEThe image foreigners have of French cuisine is fattening and very fancy food. But it’s not true – French food isn’t just rich. The word “healthy” doesn’t exist in French.
ALAIN DUCASSENowadays, food needs to be healthy, local, sustainable and not filled with too much fat, salt or sugar.
ALAIN DUCASSEDesserts are like mistresses. They are bad for you. So if you are having one, you might as well have two.
ALAIN DUCASSEEveryone 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.
ALAIN DUCASSEThe planets resources are rare; we must consume more ethically and equitably.
ALAIN DUCASSEClassical cooking and molecular gastronomy should remain separate.
ALAIN DUCASSEThe proportion of ingredients is important, but the final result is also a matter of how you put them together. Equilibrium is key.
ALAIN DUCASSEYou can mix two styles and get fusion; any more and you just get confusion.
ALAIN DUCASSETasting a dish should be memorable If nothing remains in the memory of a single guest, then I have made a mistake.
ALAIN DUCASSEIt is impossible to remain indifferent to Japanese culture. It is a different civilisation where all you have learnt must be forgotten.
ALAIN DUCASSETechniques are not the most difficult to teach. The attitudes chefs take are much more important.
ALAIN DUCASSECuisine has become too complicated – this is about subject, verb, adjective: duck, turnips, sauce.
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