Quotes by Fergus Henderson - Page 1

Porridge and the urban lifestyle don't mix well.
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Lifestyle
Porridge
Urban
Mix
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I'm a big believer that we get the politicians we deserve.
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Believer
Deserve
Big Believer
Politicians
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If you're going to kill the animal it seems only polite to use the whole thing.
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Animal
Polite
Use
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I'm like a kid in a sweet shop every day. It's slightly cringey how much fun I have.
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Shop
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I feel good when I stir something with a spurtle, but I don't make porridge very much in London.
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Feel Good
London
Porridge
Good Feel Good Feel
Good Feel Something
Stir
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I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Fusion
Mean
People
Good Food People
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Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things.
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Ambition
Fate
Fickle
Great Things
Luck
Drives
Finger
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We live in a flat; my wife would be happy if we had a house with stairs. Or a little cottage in the country.
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Country
House
Stairs
Wife
Be Happy
Cottage
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Nose-to-tail eating is not a bloodlust, testosterone-fueled offal hunt. It's common sense, and it's all good stuff.
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Bloodlust
Common
Common Sense
Eating
Stuff
Hunt
Sense
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Do not let the word tripe deter you. Let its soothing charms win you over, and enjoy it as do those who always have!
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Charm
Enjoy
Winning
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Do not let the word 'tripe' deter you. Let its soothing charms win you over, and enjoy it as do those who always have!
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Soothing
Charms
Deter
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A pig's trotter is a fantastic thing. The first night of my honeymoon in Paris, my wife fell asleep in her steak tartare, so my trotter kept me company.
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Honeymoon
Steak
Asleep
Pig
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My first proper kitchen was this funny little club that we set up in Mercer Street in Covent Garden. It got shut down. Then I worked at a club in Notting Hill.
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Garden
Proper
Shut
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I had a holiday job in a kitchen, but I think well draw a polite veil over that. There was nothing joyous or creative about it. And none of this helped my studies.
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Jobs
Holiday
Thinking
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I had a holiday job in a kitchen, but I think we'll draw a polite veil over that. There was nothing joyous or creative about it. And none of this helped my studies.
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Holiday
Joyous
Draw
Studies
Veil
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Do not be afraid of cooking as your ingredients will know, and misbehave. Enjoy your cooking and the food will behave; moreover it will pass your pleasure on to those who eat it.
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Cooking
Ingredients
Pleasure
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I think tripe is maligned. It's wonderful stuff, but everyone goes 'urgh.' You have to wash and then cook it, very gently braise it, for eight hours. It uplifts you but steadies you at the same time.
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Cook
Gently
Maligned
Wash
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I think Isambard Kingdom Brunel would be a good chap to have supper with. Anyone who builds a railway and then builds a steamship when he gets to Bristol and can't go any further must be a good chap.
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Bristol
Railway
Supper
Builds
Chap
Further
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I've probably got lots of heroes. One is a chap called Charles Campbell - he is a wonderful chap. We cooked together in a nightclub in Notting Hill. He told me brilliant stories of food and life and generally put me on the right track.
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Brilliant
Right Track
Track
Heroes
Campbell
Chap
Cooked
Nightclub
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What worries me is that, because of the amount of media coverage of food, Britain seems to have become a foodie nation - but I'm not sure it actually has. I'm not sure there's been a huge change in the pantry at home or what we cook for supper.
Fergus Henderson / Chef
Britain
Coverage
Media Coverage
Pantry
Supper
Worries
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