Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Dave Myers

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American chef Dave Myers.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

David Myers is an American chef, television personality, and restaurateur. Myers is based in Los Angeles, but works in his restaurants in Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubai.

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I was convinced I had a giant brain tumour. I thought, 'I don't believe this. It's like a bad episode of Brookside.' That's when I knew I didn't want to die. When the chips were down I thought, 'It's not my time yet.' I really wanted to live and be happy.

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I've spent 35 years sitting on a motorbike in the rain. It's not had too good an effect on my bones.

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Christmas food is a big part of our life.

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We had already decided to film in the U.K. before Covid was an issue and stopped foreign travel, so we filmed here through choice not circumstance.

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We invented the Black Forest trifle. It's got all the flavours of the Black Forest Gateau but in a trifle, using chocolate custard. You've got your kirsch, your cherries, the chocolate custard, the sponge and the cream.

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I'd love to motorcycle right across Russia.

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Instead of a sandwich, you're much better off enjoying a delicious and filling supper of around 400 calories - and that will see you right through until bedtime.

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I started work as a makeup artist at the BBC, which was a vibrant, exciting and caring place.

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We were filming in America and I noticed we were casting shadows like Walnut Whips! The sensible thing to do was go on a diet, so we started rewriting recipes and we're better cooks because of it.

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I was in a motorway services and I broke and had a cheese sandwich. It felt fabulous.

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As a chef my sense of taste and smell are extremely important. But of all the senses, sight is the one I'd fear losing most.

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By the time I graduated, I'd lost both parents and 23 was a young age to deal with a double loss like that. I felt rootless.

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My dad used to eat raw tripe soaked in malt vinegar when I was a kid.

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On Route 66, a lot of it, it's very transient. There's an awful lot of really, really bad food, you can't ignore that.

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We looked back on what we used to eat and thought, 'That's not cool.' We had to move with the times and that meant we had to shed weight and not get sick.

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I live in France a lot of the time, in the Loire Valley.

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I love Keith Floyd - I think he inspired people to cook.

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We were starting to get old before our time. I'm 10 years older than Kingy, but we'd both begun to shuffle, the knees were sore.

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I always knew I could be a bit on the greedy side; I love cooking and eating and there in front of me was the evidence which I would have been daft to ignore. I could see visually where the fat was lying, basically all around my internal organs.

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I like turkey with all the trimmings, bread sauce, cranberry sauce.

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Si and I are so similar but we're so different.

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I still want a curry on a Friday night and maybe a steak and kidney pudding at the weekend but not all the time.

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My dad, Jim, was 55 when I was born.

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In Scotland there's just some of the best produce. I mean Argyll and Bute has a longer coastline than France.

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I was something of a surprise to my parents. My mum, Margaret, was 42 when she had me and had been told she couldn't have children. So when she went to the doctors, they thought she had an ovarian cyst. And it was me!

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I've just turned 60 and, looking back, I realise all the time I spent worrying I achieved nothing.

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Something like going onto 'Strictly Come Dancing' took me about two nanoseconds to decide to do whereas Si emphatically wouldn't do it. He hates group activities. He's quite a complicated person.

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The food and the people in Thailand never let you down and Bangkok is an astonishing place - the culture's lovely and gentle.

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In Rome you've got to try spaghetti cacio e pepe. It's just with pecorino and black pepper - it's sort of like homeopathic macaroni cheese.

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I think lots of men have an ostrich-like mentality regarding their health and general appearance. There is always tomorrow.

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Elevate the humble sausage casserole to a new level by adding some Worcestershire sauce, some Muscovado sugar, mixed herbs and some red wine.

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When we're away filming, Si's the one who's more likely to find a club and go dancing.

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When I find myself worrying, I have to give myself a severe talking to.

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I have had with conversations with Mark Benton and Ben Cohen - three fellas sitting with a pint discussing the cha-cha-cha and the correct leg position for a foxtrot.

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People have asked Si if he would ever do 'Strictly,' I don't think he would, it's just not his thing really.

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Going through the redwood forests was the most spectacular motorcycling.

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We do things like a curry in a pressure cooker in 12 minutes. When you're on a diet you're hungry so you have a tendency to pick. So hopefully, if you can cook a meal quickly, you won't reach for the crisps.

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My work is my passion so it's impossible to imagine doing all the things I love if I couldn't see - riding my bike, reading an autocue or preparing dishes.

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I said to my wife, did you ever dream that one day you'd be married to a man who's got his face on a bag of crisps?

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I love sushi!

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The Mojave Desert was plus 50. Now, I've cooked duck eggs at 50 degrees celsius. You can imagine what it's like on a bike.

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Barrow, where I live, is a traditional town that still has some heavy industry, but the jobs are more sedentary than in our fathers' day.

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It's funny how much of the 'old times' are still rooted in modern America.

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I used to go fishing on Roa Island as a boy and it seemed a good idea to move there.

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With an old broom handle, flour, water and egg you can make the most amazing pasta.

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Lionel Blair came bouncing up once and said, 'I love you two.'

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Route 66 is a bucket-list trip for us and it truly is an American dream to take in the sights and scenery of this part of the world - all whilst enjoying some delicious local delicacies along the way.

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When I first saw my wife in Romania I said to Kingy, 'I fancy her' and he said, 'Nah, mate, she's really scary.'

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I was quite successful as a make-up artist for 23 years, doing a lot of prosthetics.

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I'm quite happy with something foodie or cookbooks - I love cookbooks.

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Strictly' is helping me keep the weight off.

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Si's a red wine fanatic; I'm a white wine fanatic. Which is good, because it means you get a bottle to yourself!

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Making a big pan of soup and keeping it in the fridge is a good idea... and it's a whole lot tastier than packet and tinned soups.

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Of the pair of us, I'm the one who'll go out and have dinner, and Si's the one who'll go out dancing.

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We have an older following with 'Hairy Bikers,' but 'Strictly' crosses all generations.

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Stockholm's a wonderful city if you love food - it's spectacular.

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I'm very excited about Gloria Hunniford because she's somebody who's had 70 years in showbusiness. So having her coming in, and being able to cook for someone we have great respect for, I am looking forward to very much.

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If you've got a daft idea, it's probably good to have a go.

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I was at art school for five years.

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I can remember tasting cheese and onion crisps when they first came on the market - they were the most amazing thing ever.

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