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Marco Pierre White

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Generally, I respect critics; they have their job to do. - Marco Pierre White
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I came from the most humble side of society, and I know what it's like to be poor, really poor, and I was brought up in the '60s and '70s very poor, and I'm very happy flying the flag for the working man. - Marco Pierre White
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Perhaps I created the monster Ramsay, who ended up as a TV personality screaming at celebrities on 'Hell's Kitchen,' doing to them what I had done to him. - Marco Pierre White
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Females make better cooks than men. Females have a better palate. They have a better sense of smell. They never take shortcuts; this is why they're very good in kitchens. The weakness in what they do is they are not as physically strong as men, so they're never really given the opportunity. - Marco Pierre White
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Oliver Reed was a great man who did things his own way. He used to come into Harveys, my restaurant in Wandsworth, and sit on the floor to have a drink before going to the table. - Marco Pierre White
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My cooking attracted celebrities. I met Sylvester Stallone. He squeezed my bicep and said: 'I don't usually eat your kind of food, but for you, I ate it.' I haven't got a clue what he'd eaten but he asked me to cook for his wedding feast when he married Jennifer Flavin at Blenheim Palace. - Marco Pierre White
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I came from a hard, working-class world which, since my mother's death, had been dominated by men. I hadn't been encouraged to talk about the burden of grief, and because I was severely underdeveloped when it came to sharing my emotions, I mustn't have been the most communicative husband. - Marco Pierre White
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One day, a chef moaned that he was too hot, so I took a carving knife in one hand, held his jacket with the other, and slashed it. Then I slashed his trousers. Both garments were still on his body at the time. - Marco Pierre White
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I don't need Michelin, and they don't need me. - Marco Pierre White
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My mind might be conservative, but at heart, I was always a socialist. - Marco Pierre White
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My favourite dinner is a cup of tea and a ham sandwich with English mustard. - Marco Pierre White
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The food wasn't very good in the first kitchen I ever worked in. But it was very busy, so I learnt to be fast, absorb pressure, use a knife, and say, 'Yes, chef.' - Marco Pierre White
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For me, food is about generosity, and this should reflect on the plate as well. - Marco Pierre White
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If I did one thing, I made cooking rock n' roll: I made it sexy. I made young kids from rich backgrounds want to come into my world. - Marco Pierre White
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Food should be simple; it shouldn't be complicated, even down to making Knorr gravy: a Knorr stock cube and water, bit of parsley at the end, little bit of olive oil. It's about making the food deliciously tasty. - Marco Pierre White
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All great chefs have two things in common. First, they respect nature as the true artist, and they are just cooks. Second, everything that they do is an extension of them as a person. - Marco Pierre White
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Self-control is true power. - Marco Pierre White
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A lot of people say I look like a rock star or a designer punk. But I swear it's the job that has carved my face. It's the hours, the stress, and the pressure. It's not me trying to look like this. - Marco Pierre White
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A chef's palate is born out of his childhood, and one thing all chefs have in common is a mother who can cook. - Marco Pierre White
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Cooking is a philosophy; it's not a recipe. - Marco Pierre White
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My pet hate, with customers, is those that think it's all about wallets. - Marco Pierre White
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Dad was diagnosed with lung cancer when I was a lad. From then on, he lived in fear that death was just around the corner, and he set about programming me to work hard and bring in some cash. - Marco Pierre White
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I think self-discovery is the greatest achievement in life, because once you discover yourself and accept what you are, then you can fulfil your true potential and be happy. - Marco Pierre White
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