Ainsley Harriott Uncommon Quotes
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To be honest, 'Ready Steady Cook' was a great opportunity, but I did compromise myself. I was stood there quizzing chefs on what they were doing when I knew exactly what they were doing and why.
— Ainsley Harriott
I used to take vitamins, but I think diet is the most important thing. If you have a good diet, there's no need for that stuff.
— Ainsley Harriott
I studied music at school and played the recorder. Later in life music was a great way of supplementing my income because I was paid really badly as a young chef. Luckily an old friend - we did music at school together - and I formed a duo, The Calypso Beat, which later became the Calypso Twins.
— Ainsley Harriott
I want to help others smile and be kind as often as possible.
— Ainsley Harriott
To a degree and If I'm playing a game, I do my best to win.
— Ainsley Harriott
I'm always interested in cooking and helping to bring people together.
— Ainsley Harriott
Everybody's got the ability to cook. They just have to be shown.
— Ainsley Harriott
I do feel that over the years from watching programmes that tell people 'you're not good enough,' I just don't like it.
— Ainsley Harriott
Mum and Dad used to do a lot of entertaining. We had quite a nice house, so everybody descended on us at Christmas - aunts and uncles, who weren't even aunts and uncles.
— Ainsley Harriott
We were brought up with having a love of your garden, having somewhere you can go in, it's your little sanctuary, you can go there and you can switch off.
— Ainsley Harriott
I like introducing people to new dishes and new flavors.
— Ainsley Harriott
My mum wanted me to be a doctor because she worked in nursing. So she was quite disappointed when I came back from a holiday in France, and said I wanted to be a chef.
— Ainsley Harriott
You've got be a good communicator in almost any job nowadays - but if you're enthusiastic and committed in your job, good things will come your way.
— Ainsley Harriott
Growing up, a black face on TV was really rare.
— Ainsley Harriott
Performing has always been instinctive to me. I remember people saying, 'he doesn't know if he's a chef or an entertainer.' But what's wrong with being both? It's like saying you can't run the 100 and the 200 metres.
— Ainsley Harriott
Every cookbook can be a bit patronising.
— Ainsley Harriott
We've become lazy and a bit spoilt and we want our food quickly and easily.
— Ainsley Harriott
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