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.
ALAIN DUCASSEWe have many, many words, but not that one. To me, healthy means paying close attention to feeding people.
More Alain Ducasse Quotes
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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 Asian airlines have the best wine programs.
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You can mix two styles and get fusion; any more and you just get confusion.
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A man obsessed: obsessed with perfection, sharing, aesthetics, taste, savoir-faire, and much more.
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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.
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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.
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Cuisine has become too complicated – this is about subject, verb, adjective: duck, turnips, sauce.
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Classical cooking and molecular gastronomy should remain separate.
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The planets resources are rare; we must consume more ethically and equitably.
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Nowadays, food needs to be healthy, local, sustainable and not filled with too much fat, salt or sugar.
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The 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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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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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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I have a very modern way of thinking; the chef is there to lead the team and not just to sit behind the piano.
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Everywhere in the world there are tensions – economic, political, religious. So we need chocolate.
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