Eric Ripert
Eric Ripert
Eric Ripertis a French chef, author and television personality specializing in modern French cuisine and noted for his work with seafood...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth2 March 1965
CountryFrance
thinking people guilt
A lot of foreign people say, when asking about eating habits, 'What is your guilty pleasure?' I have no guilt. Whatever I do, I enjoy and it's the point. I think if you start to feel guilty about it, that's a problem. So, no guilty pleasures. I have pleasure and no guilt at all.
beautiful dream reading
The importance of reading, for me, is that it allows you to dream. Reading not only educates, but is relaxing and allows you to feed your imagination - creating beautiful pictures from carefully chosen words.
america melting comfort
America is a such a melting pot, I'm not sure if roast chicken is the classic comfort food for everybody.
eggs scrambled-eggs truffles
I love eggs. When it's the season of truffles, scrambled eggs with truffles, and I'm happy. I'm smiling like that.
spiritual believe emotional
Cooking is a holistic process of planning, preparing, dining and sharing food. I place food at the center of our humanity, as it nourishes not only our physical bodies but also our emotional and spiritual lives. Food is truly a cultural phenomenon that informs our traditions and our relationship with the earth. I genuinely believe that food connects us all.
dream book library
When I was twelve, I decided to become a chef. I stole a book from the library about the greatest restaurants in France. I'd flip the pages and dream. I should return that book to the library some day.
dream reading importance
The importance of reading, for me, is that it allows you to dream.
You won't be getting what you would get for $90 at Le Bernardin.
For me, I do not wish to build an empire.
beings eat fruits gift human life meat nature problem sacred therefore
The nature of human beings is to eat meat and fruits and vegetables, and therefore we have to kill animals. I don't have a problem with that. But it's a sacred moment. It's a gift of life.
bit explaining four newspaper reviewers stars three
Michelin will have to do a bit of explaining with only three stars at the top. Most of the newspaper reviewers here go up to four stars.
I like very much Louis Vuitton. My wife loves it too.
Chefs are leaders in their own little world.