Top Chef Quotes
Tom: [about Clay's amusé] This is almost more like a first course, not so much an amusé...I guess I have a big mouth, but I don't know if it's THIS big!
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Clay: When you looked at my fucking apple, were you like, "That dude's fucked!" Be honest, you're not going to hurt my feelings. [laughs] That dude's fucked! Hell, I'm from Mississippi, pick it up and eat that son of a bitch! That's the way I see it!
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Howie: In your book, though, there's a little, you know, part that says about Ecuadorian line cooks, I believe? Ecuadorian?
Anthony Bourdain: Oh, that's unfair, dude!
Howie: Wait, wait a minute! And what does it say? Its says, "You can yell at this person and this person and they'll give it to you when it's wrong". But these particular people, they'll give it to you when it's right!
Anthony Bourdain: You son of a bitch!
Gail: Oh, you're in trouble!
Anthony Bourdain: Oh, that's unfair, dude!
Howie: Wait, wait a minute! And what does it say? Its says, "You can yell at this person and this person and they'll give it to you when it's wrong". But these particular people, they'll give it to you when it's right!
Anthony Bourdain: You son of a bitch!
Gail: Oh, you're in trouble!
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Sandee: How's it going, CJ?
CJ: I love how low everything is, my back feels fantastic, and the sun is beating down on my face.
CJ: I love how low everything is, my back feels fantastic, and the sun is beating down on my face.
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Howie: [in response to Joey's attack] You want to know what, I want to run home and be a fucking man about it, and you want to fucking bitch like a little girl, okay, like you've done all day. This guy copied your shit. This guy should've lost! And then what do you do? You go, "Oh yeah, Howie!" What the fuck! You look out for your own ass! So don't tell me I'm not a fucking man!
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Jamie Walker: You're very tall.
CJ: Thank you very much, I'm flattered you noticed.
CJ: Thank you very much, I'm flattered you noticed.
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Tom: [to Hung] You have amazing knife skills; just be very careful with your knife, because you almost cut Casey. Please be careful.
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Tom: Is this the dish that you think should send you home?
Lia: No.
Tom: [pauses] Hmm. Okay.
Lia: No.
Tom: [pauses] Hmm. Okay.
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Ted: Are any of the rest of you dating?
Clay: Me and Sandee.
Ted: Outstanding!
Sandee: Wrong gender, dude.
Clay: Me and Sandee.
Ted: Outstanding!
Sandee: Wrong gender, dude.
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Andy Cohen: [reading a viewer question] "Ilan, do you think anyone was cast for their looks more than their cooking ability, like Sam, Cliff, or Camille?"
Ilan: Yeah, I can only judge from my season.
Andy Cohen: And?
Ilan: And, yeah, absolutely. I think Frank was always a prime example. [everybody laughs]
Ilan: Yeah, I can only judge from my season.
Andy Cohen: And?
Ilan: And, yeah, absolutely. I think Frank was always a prime example. [everybody laughs]
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Micah: [about her comment on American comfort food] I was simply describing it, just as I would say, "Indian people put chutney with their curry!"
Padma: We don't, by the way, but... [laughs]
Ilan: You totally fucked it up now!
Gail: Now you've ostracized all of us!
Padma: We don't, by the way, but... [laughs]
Ilan: You totally fucked it up now!
Gail: Now you've ostracized all of us!
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Dale: Hung went all over the place. He wanted to go for seven different textures and he really made white chocolate cauliflower foam. And I think that's all I'll say about that.
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Sara M.: Casey and Sara were a little upset because cleavage was showing, and...I really didn't give a shit.
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CJ: They've got Hung, one of the loudest people I've ever met in my life, and Brian, one of the most annoying people I've ever met in my life.
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Dale: I can just feel the anger in the entire group just like, "You've got to be kidding me. I hate you so much right now, but I want to be you right now!"
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Dale: [about Hung's performance in the Quickfire] He destroys those chickens. And even Tom's standing there, like "You've got to be kidding me!"
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Dale: The other team kinda seemed like the Dream Team, and we're like, the Bad News Bears. And the fact that we kicked their ass really has us going.
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Howie: Do I look like I care about fashion? This is from Target. This whole outfit.
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