Tasting a dish should be memorable If nothing remains in the memory of a single guest, then I have made a mistake.
ALAIN DUCASSETasting a dish should be memorable If nothing remains in the memory of a single guest, then I have made a mistake.
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 DUCASSEFailure is enriching. It’s also important to accept that you’ll make mistakes – it’s how you build your expertise.
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 DUCASSEWe have many, many words, but not that one. To me, healthy means paying close attention to feeding people.
ALAIN DUCASSEAt my home in the southwest of France, I grow oak, hazel, and lemon trees in my backyard.
ALAIN DUCASSEThe Asian airlines have the best wine programs.
ALAIN DUCASSETechniques are not the most difficult to teach. The attitudes chefs take are much more important.
ALAIN DUCASSENowadays, food needs to be healthy, local, sustainable and not filled with too much fat, salt or sugar.
ALAIN DUCASSEEverywhere in the world there are tensions – economic, political, religious. So we need chocolate.
ALAIN DUCASSEThe planets resources are rare; we must consume more ethically and equitably.
ALAIN DUCASSEThe trick is to learn a positive lesson from all of life’s negative moments.
ALAIN DUCASSEIt should be slow-cooked and seasonal. That’s my vision.
ALAIN DUCASSEA man obsessed: obsessed with perfection, sharing, aesthetics, taste, savoir-faire, and much more.
ALAIN DUCASSEYou can mix two styles and get fusion; any more and you just get confusion.
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.
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