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Pastry Quotes: Baking, Skill and Honest Opinions

Baking, Skill, Honest Taste

Some of these pastry quotes are refreshingly candid, like one speaker admitting outright to having no understanding of pastry despite working around Food for years.

Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026

Cook
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Nov 07, 2020

I worked from 12 to 17, six years in a bakery. I was a pastry cook.

Quotes by Adam Giles

Nov 07, 2020

I know pastry chefs who are overwhelmed by the idea of tasting, rather than measuring, their way to a balanced vinaigrette.

Quotes by Samin Nosrat

Everyone
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Nov 07, 2020

Everyone has a favourite cake, pastry, pudding or pie from when they were kids.

Quotes by Paul Hollywood

Make
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Nov 07, 2020

I make no bones about it. I have no understanding of pastry.

Quotes by Michael Symon

Nov 07, 2020

I do not like a quiche with wet, undercooked pastry underneath, and that is that.

Quotes by Mary Berry

Nov 07, 2020

When you're in theater, you inevitably wind up working in restaurants. I made pastry.

Quotes by Mark Kurlansky

Others celebrate real skill, describing pastry chefs who trust their palate over precise measuring, a small but telling Delight in craft over formula.

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