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Fergus Henderson is a renowned British chef known for his revival of traditional British cuisine. Born in 1963, he has been active in the London culinary scene since the early 1980s. Henderson's respect for ingredients and commitment to culinary craft have made him a leading figure in the modern British culinary world.

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Famous Fergus Henderson Quotes

“Don’t be afraid of cooking, as your ingredients will know and misbehave. Enjoy your cooking and the food will behave; moreover it will pass your pleasure on to those who eat it.”

Book:Nose to Tail

Source: Nose to Tail

“This is a celebration of cuts of meat, innards, and extremities that are more often forgotten or discarded in today’s kitchen; it would seem disingenuous to the animal not to make the most of the whole beast: there is a set of delights, textural and flavorsome, which lie beyond the fillet.”

Book:Nose to Tail

Source: Nose to Tail

“I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.”

People Mean Very Good British Cooks Fusion

Author:Fergus Henderson

“Do not be afraid of cooking as your ingredients will know, and misbehave. Enjoy your cooking and the food will behave; moreover it will pass your pleasure on to those who eat it.”

Knows Enjoy Pleasure Cooking Behave Ingredients

Book:The Complete Nose to Tail: A Kind of British Cooking

Source: The Complete Nose to Tail: A Kind of British Cooking

“Nose-to-tail eating is not a bloodlust, testosterone-fueled offal hunt. It's common sense, and it's all good stuff.”

Stuff Common Eating Common Sense Noses Tails Hunts Testosterone Bloodlust Offal

Author:Fergus Henderson

“If you're going to kill the animal it seems only polite to use the whole thing.”

Ifs Whole Use Seems Animal Polite

Author:Fergus Henderson

“Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things.”

Helping Ability Fate Ambition Luck Fingers Great Things Fickle

Author:Fergus Henderson

“Do not let the word tripe deter you. Let its soothing charms win you over, and enjoy it as do those who always have!”

Winning Enjoy Charm Soothing Tripe

Author:Fergus Henderson

“I feel good when I stir something with a spurtle, but I don't make porridge very much in London.”

Feels London Feel Good I Feel Good Porridge

Author:Fergus Henderson

“We live in a flat; my wife would be happy if we had a house with stairs. Or a little cottage in the country.”

Ifs Littles Country Would Be House Wife My Wife Flats Stairs Cottages

Author:Fergus Henderson

“I had a holiday job in a kitchen, but I think well draw a polite veil over that. There was nothing joyous or creative about it. And none of this helped my studies.”

Thinking Wells Jobs Creative Study Draws Kitchen Holiday Polite Veils Joyous

Author:Fergus Henderson

“Porridge and the urban lifestyle don't mix well.”

Wells Lifestyle Urban Porridge

Author:Fergus Henderson

About the Author

Born: 1963
Known for: Chef
Quotes: 12

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