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Quotes from Bravo's Top Chef Guest Chefs

By Brett Moore, About.com

Anthony Bourdain

If you watch Bravo's Top Chef, you know that every episode features one of today's hottest chefs as a celebrity guest judge. Past celebrity judges have included Anthony Bourdain, Rocco DiSpirito, Alfred Portale, and Norman Van Aken among others. Here is a collection of their thoughts on food, cooking, and other topics.

BOULUD ON THE SEXIEST MEAL:

"To me, the most sensual food is scrambled eggs with caviar and creme fraiche. You have it on a Sunday morning when you lay in bed. You get up and make it with toast and a little champagne to start the day, and then you can go back to bed and enjoy life again."

GOVIND ARMSTRONG ON HIS LAST MEAL:
(Chef and owner of Table 8 in Los Angeles and Miami)

"I'm a huge fan of red meat so I'd have to go for the traditional bone and rib-eye which I just can't seem to put away enough of. Prior to the meal, I'd have to have a really nice cocktail. I'd have to keep it classic; I'd just go with a nice gin and tonic. You know, keepin' it real. Just dealing with the fact that this is the last meal."

ROCCO DISPIRITO ON KISS AND ROCKY:
(Author of "Rocco's Real Life Recipes")

"I was a huge fan of Kiss music when I was a kid. My room was plastered with Kiss posters floor to ceiling. Literally, the ceiling was covered with Kiss posters."

"When it comes to films, the whole 'Rocky' series for obvious reasons. It's a great series of movies for me because growing up in Jamaica, Queens, the name Rocco isn't exactly the coolest name on the planet and it wasn't until Rocky came out that I was vindicated. Suddenly my name was cool and I stopped getting beat up for it."

ANTHONY BOURDAIN ON HIS MOST DISGUSTING MEAL:
(Host of "No Reservations" and Chef at Les Halles, NYC)

"Let's put it this way, the warthog butchering was not so great. There was fur, sand and crap in every bite. And that was the good part."

NORMAN VAN AKEN ON SENSUAL FOODS:
(Owner of Norman's Restaurant in Miami/Orlando)

"Every food, everything that's basically coming from nature, to me, is sexy."

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