Words matter. These are the best Geoffrey Zakarian Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
When you have a chef that wants to be in the spotlight, maybe after one or two appearances on a show, they think they’re at a certain level that they haven’t reached yet in the kitchen. Shows like ‘Top Chef’, ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ have helped bring attention to the culinary world.
Everyone could use instructions on every aspect of cooking: pantry, storage, refrigeration, cooking, what to buy. Everyone that I come into contact with could use help.
I still have the ‘New York Post’ delivered because it’s so garrulous and nasty and wonderful when you read it in print. Some things just don’t translate online.
I’ve been working in boutique hotels my whole life.
I’ve never missed a flight. And I don’t see any reason in cutting it close because airports are pleasurable for me: You can go to the restaurant, get a massage, browse books, sit at a bar, check emails.
The Lamb’s Club is going to be a luxury bar and grill; we’re not doing an overly fancy restaurant. We wanted to make a space that people will come to every day, almost like a very high-end bistro.
How you treat the quiet, shy types is the most important. If you leave them to sit in a corner, they will be noticed, and it will affect everyone’s time. I instantly spring on them and treat them as royalty, showing them around and introducing them to everyone so they seem special.
Cooking a piece of fish and cooking it right. Knowing the fish, knowing the properties of the fish. That’s a hard thing to do rather than covering it with a lot of sauces and foams or other cooking methods that might be high wire acts and look good on the outside.
If you cook chopped tomatoes with all of their juices, it takes a long time for the sauce to reach the right consistency. By then, the freshness is gone.
Determine who you are and what your brand is, and what you’re not. The rest of it is just a lot of noise.
I use the confit principle for chicken thighs. I season them with herbs and garlic, let them marinate, and then cook them in chicken fat.
Confit is not something that comes to mind for summer. Usually it means duck confit, made by cooking the legs and thighs in duck fat to preserve them for winter.
Days off are few and far between in the restaurant business. But on an hour off, I like to have a glass of wine with my wife.
If we have meetings, I try to schedule the meetings at different restaurants I want to try – so I always suggest the restaurants.
I begin my day online and end my day online. I like to prepare myself for the next day and have a sense of closure before I go to bed.
Comfort food is really anything you want at that time. That said, I really love Naple-style pizza.
It’s important to salt the tomatoes before draining them because that helps pull out the water. Fresh herbs, some garlic and pepper will also enhance the flavor.
I always request a king-size bed, and if I can’t, I try to work that out right after I land. I unpack immediately so the clothes don’t get wrinkled. I go the gym. I adjust the temperature; I like the room kind of warm. And then turn on CNBC.
I’m a freak of neat. The kitchen has to be clean.
When I step into the kitchen in the morning, I go for the scrambled eggs with pine nuts and minced lamb. When I finish at night, it is hard to resist the burger.
