6 Quotes From The Professional Kitchen Of Anthony Bourdain

If you are working in a kitchen with the goal of starting your own restaurant, let Anthony Bourdain inspire you too.

I think Anthony Bourdain is brilliant, not just because he is a great author or an even better chef, he also does things that others don't. Eating beating snake's heart or balut, fertilized duck eggs which are a delicacy in Việt Nam, is all in a days work for Bourdain.

If you are working in a kitchen with the goal of starting your own restaurant, let Anthony Bourdain inspire you too:

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Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.

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Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don't have.

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I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we're talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime 'associates,' food, for me, has always been an adventure

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your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.

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The journey is part of the experience - an expression of the seriousness of one's intent. One doesn't take the A train to Mecca.

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Don't lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don't do it again. Ever

When I see a course such as Introduction to Professional Kitchen Management I think of the inspiration that Tony Bourdain is to me.

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