Eric Ripert
Eric Ripert
Eric Ripertis a French chef, author and television personality specializing in modern French cuisine and noted for his work with seafood...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth2 March 1965
CountryFrance
beautiful dream reading
The importance of reading, for me, is that it allows you to dream. Reading not only educates, but is relaxing and allows you to feed your imagination - creating beautiful pictures from carefully chosen words.
dream book library
When I was twelve, I decided to become a chef. I stole a book from the library about the greatest restaurants in France. I'd flip the pages and dream. I should return that book to the library some day.
dream reading importance
The importance of reading, for me, is that it allows you to dream.
I like the dynamic of PBS. They're very honest and authentic.
beings eat fruits gift human life meat nature problem sacred therefore
The nature of human beings is to eat meat and fruits and vegetables, and therefore we have to kill animals. I don't have a problem with that. But it's a sacred moment. It's a gift of life.
perceive
I'm very inspired by other cultures and very often use what I perceive to be exotic ingredients.
I never pressure myself to do something I don't want to do.
affair beautiful connection love share start white willing
With scallops, it's where you get them. We get them live in the shell. I'm willing to share our connection with the White House. This could be the start of a beautiful love affair with the scallop.
family time
To me, it's very important to have time at the restaurant but also time with family and time for myself.
america
I find the organic wave much more interesting in America than in France.
burdened focus lose managing
What I never want to do is lose my focus on Le Bernardin. That's why I did not want to be burdened with managing the place. I'm not going to be there every day.
For me, I do not wish to build an empire.
believe people
A lot of people believe that when you are Buddhist, you are the Dalai Lama. I'm certainly not.
I just find the world very exciting and beautiful everywhere.