Fresh produce and other prime vittles lay the groundwork for culinary excellence, but the chef's skill and care must also pass muster.

All are willing indentured servants pursuing culinary excellence.

He's a very nice guy, but with all due respect, he seems to be more enamored of glitz and pizazz than culinary excellence.

In it, Maschler reviews and grades over 300 restaurants; the publisher expects it to be 'trusted as a bench mark of culinary excellence'.

Such culinary excellence one enjoys in this place, Thon Taddeo!

The people who had money to spend in restaurants were lobbyists, and they weren't on a quest for culinary excellence.

His restaurants reach for culinary excellence without visibly or palpably straining.

It became known as a center of culinary excellence.

Beards are the enemy of culinary excellence.

She says her idea of culinary excellence is preparing a standing rib roast and getting it just right.