Top Chef quotes

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Lisa: Somewhere in the recesses of my mind it's occurring to me that perhaps we didn't think it through, serving seared tuna in the Mission District.

Lorraine Bracco: I'm not needing to lick my plate.. and that makes me very sad.

Miguel: [Referring to Andrea before the Judges' Table convenes] My friend has immunity here, and I'm up on the chopping block but I feel great and I know she saved me today, so I'm feeling really confident.

Miguel: [to Madame S] I would love to serve you.

Miguel: Chunk LeFunk has left the building. Thank you.

Miguel: I love you dawg!
Stephen: [chuckling] Schmuck.

Mike Yakura: [to Miguel at the Judges' Table] If you have these skills and you want to win this just go like 'Hell no, I'm doing this, I'm taking this cart over, I'm going to drive. If I'm going to go down in a burning plane I'm going to be at the wheel.'

RuPaul: [referring to Andrea's dessert] Now is this low-cal?
Andrea: Yes, there's no butter, there's no saturated fat.
RuPaul: Everything is organic?
Andrea: Everything is organic, right down to the chocolate.
RuPaul: [tasting her dessert] Needs butter.

RuPaul: Aren't all desserts really sexy? I mean, have you ever seen a fat person eat a cream puff? I mean, that's like watching somebody having sex.

Stephen: [referring to Candice] If you can't stand the heat in the kitchen, you know, it's probably best to remove yourself.

Stephen: [referring to his Teammate in the Elimination Challenge] Candice I find to be the weakest in the whole competition. It's a bit hard for me to come down to her level. I mean, I'd love to bring her up to my level but that's just not really possible.

Stephen: A chef's responsibility is to delegate. He is a leader, he is a manager in the kitchen; no one took that role. No one, except for myself.

Stephen: I could've got the food out on time if I wasn't at the table explaining about where Rueda is in location to Rioja.

Stephen: I needed to talk to some of the members of the hotel, and making sure that the EXECUTION � the foremost important part of this whole entire event � was intact.

Stephen: Now that my role in this competition has finally come to an end I'm going to be a restaurateur, and that is my goal in life. I will probably influence the industry and raise the bar to a level of excellence that I don't think has been achieved yet to date in this country.