Top Chef quotes

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Harold: [about being paired with Lisa for an Elimination Challenge] I feel so confident working with her, so comfortable, I'm predicting victory tomorrow.

Harold: [about the wedding cake] It's why God created Betty Crocker.

Harold: [Going to the Judges' Table with the second group] I knew we were in trouble at this point cause, I mean, first group that goes in gets handshakes, kisses, and champagne and the second group goes in and it's usually a bloodbath.

Harold: [to Tom Colicchio] Does that mean we're partners now?

Harold: Stephen definitely deserved to go home. I could have backed him up, but he called Lee Anne out. There was no way I was gonna let Lee Anne go out like that.

Harold: When I saw the truffles in with the wine, I thought, "This is why I got involved in this competition. This is why I'm here."

Harold: Who caters a wedding out of a Supermarket?! That's unheard of. That's ridiculous! You have specialty purveyors that you go to... that specialize.

Katie Lee Joel: So the winning chef will be going to Cannes, and somebody else will be getting canned.

Ken: [of the other chefs judging his food] I don't care whether the other chefs express their opinions about my food. If the food is good, say it's good. If the food is crap, flip the plate.

Ken: [to Tom Colicchio] I speak my mind, that's the way I am.

Ken: C'mon guys! Allez! Allez!

Lee Anne: [of working with Stephen and Miguel] I got put on the team with the big thinker and the no thinker.

Lee Anne: Stephen is a sommelier so he's a professional bullshitter.

Lee Anne: Stephen, you gotta sell it!
Stephen: I'm trying. I don't think this is our target market!

Lisa: [frustrated by some of the more elitist chefs' ideas] You don't get complicated and sophisticated when you're cooking food for kids!