When I was twelve, I decided to become a chef. I stole a book from the library about the greatest restaurants in France. I'd flip the pages and dream…

- Eric Ripert

I don't like it when I go to a restaurant and I'm lectured from the menu.

- Eric Ripert

I love garlic, and I use it often.

- Eric Ripert

The importance of reading, for me, is that it allows you to dream. Reading not only educates, but is relaxing and allows you to feed your imaginati…

- Eric Ripert

If I go to a nightclub, even if the music is good, if the sound system is not, I don't stay.

- Eric Ripert

In a professional kitchen, the idea is to have your cooks not moving much while theyre cooking. You want them to stay in the same spot.

- Eric Ripert

When you serve lobster, you've taken a being's life away. Therefore if you create a recipe, you have to be very dedicated to elevate the lobster, to …

- Eric Ripert

Cooking is a holistic process of planning, preparing, dining and sharing food. I place food at the center of our humanity, as it nourishes not only o…

- Eric Ripert

For me, food is about memories, feelings, emotions, and so is Le Bernardin, and that's why it's not just a restaurant.

- Eric Ripert