When you run a kitchen, no matter how crazy and chaotic it gets, you have to be the calm one. You cannot show any sign of fear - the guests pick up on it. The beauty of this kitchen, though, is that everybody helps everybody. - Nina Compton

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You should take the approach that you’re wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong. ― Elon Musk

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Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have. - Anthony Bourdain

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Being a boss, it comes at a cost. You have to be really, really driven but I wouldn’t trade it for the world because now I really get to enjoy this thing that we call life. I’m doing what I love to do, and it doesn’t feel like work. - Erica Barrett

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To become a doctor, you need to go to medical school. To become a lawyer, you need a J.D. But to become a chef, you just put your time in at restaurants and learn by doing. - Caroline Schiff

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Reem’s is a place where you can imagine a different way for the world to run, where those in the margins are at the center. - Reem Assil

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It's okay to play with your food. - Emeril Lagasse

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What you feel like eating at any given moment is what you should have. - Ferran Adria

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When I create any dish, literally the first thing I think of is, what is the purpose behind this dish? Why am I putting this ingredient in it? - Esther Choi

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Chefs don't make mistakes; they make new dishes. - Elizabeth Brigg

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