When I’m hiring a cook for one of my restaurants, and I want to see what they can do, I usually ask them to make me an omelette.
BOBBY FLAYTake risks and you’ll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed.
More Bobby Flay Quotes
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Charcoal or gas. Both give excellent results, so choose the one that best suits your style of cooking.
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When I go to a restaurant, I eat three-quarters of the food in front of me. That cuts my calorie intake by 25 percent.
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I love working with big flavors like chiles and smoke. Honey is perfect for softening the edges, mellowing them out a bit. I put it in everything – vinaigrettes, soups, stocks, salsas, so I’m always on the hunt for great honey.
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I think people are intimidated by grilling .. maybe it’s the flame, maybe it’s the big grills, maybe they’ve had some bad childhood experiences .. but I think that grilling is actually the easiest technique in cooking.
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I can’t grill vegetables, shellfish or steaks without tongs. Don’t bother with those long-handled grilling tongs normally found in the BBQ section of your home store. Get intimate with your grill and opt for the regular stainless steel tongs.
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It’s important to have balance in your life between work and play.
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I love using gas grills because they are easier to heat and it’s much easier to control the flames with a gas grill than with a charcoal fire. Grilling is not just about lighting a fire.
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Nothing goes perfectly, especially when you’re opening a restaurant.
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Grilling outside with my parents at the Jersey shore. We would grill lobster and corn in the summer.
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I still love making hamburgers on the grill. I guess whenever I eat them childhood memories come up for me.
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I dropped out of high school. I really had no interest in doing any school work whatsoever.
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Cook ingredients that you are used to cooking by other techniques, such as fish, chicken, or hamburgers. In other words be comfortable with the ingredients you are using.
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Go vegetable heavy. Reverse the psychology of your plate by making meat the side dish and vegetables the main course.
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One thing you don’t want to do as a host is be running around all evening. Do as much as you can ahead of time, so all you have to do is grill the main ingredients.
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You can’t chase everybody on the Internet who’s saying stuff about you, that’s for sure.
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