Marco Pierre White quotes:

I don't do social events, I don't do award ceremonies, I don't do charity dinners. I live my life off-radar.

Nine out of ten English chefs have their names on their chests. Who do they think they are? They're dreamers. They're jokes. Just ask yourself how many chefs in this country have Michelin stars and how many have their names on their jackets. We all wear blue aprons in my kitchen because we're all commis. We're all still learning.

If the lift is broken, I'll just sit and wait for them to sort it out. I don't believe in friendly conversation or chit-chat.

Mother Nature is the true artist and our job as cooks is to allow her to shine.

Once you accept you are being judged by people who have less knowledge than yourself, then what's it worth?

Strategy will compensate the talent. The talent will never compensate the strategy.

I can't imagine anything worse than trying to impress a girl with dinner. To be honest, I'm always impressing myself, not other people.

A tree without roots is just a piece of wood.

At the end of the day it's just food, isn't it? Just food.

Don't dress for others, dress for yourself. Clothes should be an extension of what you represent and what you feel inside.

Eating is one of the most important aspects of living. I like indulging. I like to eat one food at a time, to savor each individual thing.

Gastronomy is the greatest form of therapy that anyone can be exposed to.

I find supermarkets fascinating places. It's extraordinary, you can buy anything there.

I spent my days on the riverbanks, in the woods, in the fields, shooting, hunting and stalking. I unravelled everything within my life. Self discovery is most important to me.

If you are not extreme, then people will take shortcuts because they don't fear you.

I'm not a worrier. I like sleeping.

I've paid my price, a high price, I watched my mother die. I look at everything I've been given now as a form of compensation. A person who has regrets is a person who casts anchors.

Success is born out of arrogance, but greatness comes from humility.

There are many times in my life, when I could've thrown in the towel. Many times in my life when I was on the floor. And when you're on the floor, never allow anybody to pick you up. It doesn't matter how long you stay there, make sure you pick yourself up and dust yourself down. Whatever happens, whether you go home today or you don't go home today, that's irrelevant. What's relevant, is you take the knowledge from the experience and you grow as a person.