Eric Ripert

It took me all my life to learn how to salt a tomato.

I see a lot of people who change careers in the middle of their life and they think it's a good idea to come in the kitchen.

Having sharp, great knives will enable you to cook very precisely. Knife skills are essential in cooking.

I cannot cook to save my life. I'm really frighteningly useless, when you get down to it.

I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.

In the final analysis, it is your decision to make, but it doesn't move as fast as I'd like it to move.