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Ted Allen
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"I went in saying I wanted to be the food guy."
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Ted Allen
Topic(s):
Food
"I’ve always hoped ‘Chopped’ would telegraph our enormous affection and love and admiration for chefs and food, but at the same time, we are inflicting extraordinary cruelty on them."
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Ted Allen
Topic(s):
Food
"Believe me, I understand the need for easy and speedy. After a 12-hour day of shooting ‘Chopped,’ say, I’m talking stir-fry, spaghetti, heck, peanut-butter sandwiches. But that’s not about the joy of food. That’s survival."
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Ted Allen
Topic(s):
Food
"To me, the kitchen is a place of adventure and entirely fun, not drudgery. I can’t think of anything better to do with family and friends than to be together to create something."
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Ted Allen
Topic(s):
Family
"However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I’ve been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It’s just something I’m passionate about."
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Ted Allen
Topic(s):
Home
"Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day."
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Ted Allen
Topic(s):
Food
"Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is a form of service journalism. To be successful, I think it has to be a combination of a good story, it has to be funny, and it also needs to be packed with useful information."
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Ted Allen
Topic(s):
Funny
"I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations."
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Ted Allen
Topic(s):
Amazing
"When I come home from a shoot, I’d rather reheat food I’ve made than eat takeout."
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Ted Allen
Topic(s):
Food
"Well, we don’t take money from people and then show the product. It has to be a product that we like anyway, and that’s true for all five of us, which is one of the really nice things about the way we make the show."
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Ted Allen
Topic(s):
Money
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