Top Chef quotes

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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!

Howie: Do I look like I care about fashion? This is from Target. This whole outfit.

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!

Howie: Sweet Cream and berries...if it ain't broke, y'know, don't fix it.

Howie: That was tough!
Ted: Yeah, you guys might want to scoot back a little bit.
Andy Cohen: Casey, are you the black widow of Top Chef 3?
Sandee: I was her roommate! [everyone laughs even harder] First kiss of death, right here! Thanks, Casey. Love ya, babe.

Hung: [about the criteria for the Elimination Challenge] Score for me!

Hung: For third course, I'm thinking, "What's more Asian than duck?" [laughs]

Hung: I looked around the kitchen, and I just saw some slummy dishes!

Hung: I love eating, I grew up eating.

Hung: I love fashion. I like to wear clothes that fit me, not clothes that look like a box.

Hung: I've been labeled a CPA for about a year now: Certified Professional Asshole! [laughs] That's me!

Hung: It's funny, because on one of Anthony Bourdain's blogs, he said that he would like to see a cook-off between you and I!
Rocco: I'll tell you what, here's what we're gonna do: we'll open a restaurant together. This way, Anthony will never know which one's the better cook.
Hung: Yeah. [They laugh]

Hung: Right. Chicken time!

Hung: What the hell do cowboys and cowgirls eat?! Baked beans, baked beans, and baked beans?

Hung: Yeah, simple, but my monkey could do that.