Top Chef Season 3 quotes

[referring to Sam from season 2] He's kinda cute.

Kinda?

[referring to Sam from season 2] He's kinda cute.

Kinda?

I've been labeled a CPA for about a year now: Certified Professional Asshole! [laughs] That's me!

Padma

What is the greater crime, though, leaving something off the plate...

Tom

...or Clay's dish?

Tom and Padma walks in and I was just like, "Sweet little tyke in a manger, what is happening here?!"

Tom

[about Clay's amusé] This is almost more like a first course, not so much an amusé...I guess I have a big mouth, but I don't know if it's THIS big!

When you looked at my fucking apple, were you like, "That dude's fucked!" Be honest, you're not going to hurt my feelings. [laughs] That dude's fucked! Hell, I'm from Mississippi, pick it up and eat that son of a bitch! That's the way I see it!

[about Anthony Bourdain] He's not afraid to eat a brain out of a live monkey.

In your book, though, there's a little, you know, part that says about Ecuadorian line cooks, I believe? Ecuadorian?

Anthony Bourdain

Oh, that's unfair, dude!

Wait, wait a minute! And what does it say? Its says, "You can yell at this person and this person and they'll give it to you when it's wrong". But these particular people, they'll give it to you when it's right!

Anthony Bourdain

You son of a bitch!

Oh, you're in trouble!

How's it going, CJ?

I love how low everything is, my back feels fantastic, and the sun is beating down on my face.

[in response to Joey's attack] You want to know what, I want to run home and be a fucking man about it, and you want to fucking bitch like a little girl, okay, like you've done all day. This guy copied your shit. This guy should've lost! And then what do you do? You go, "Oh yeah, Howie!" What the fuck! You look out for your own ass! So don't tell me I'm not a fucking man!

I looked around the kitchen, and I just saw some slummy dishes!

Yeah, simple, but my monkey could do that.

You're very tall.

Thank you very much, I'm flattered you noticed.

Tom

[to Hung] You have amazing knife skills; just be very careful with your knife, because you almost cut Casey. Please be careful.