In the episode “It Should've Been Lorelai,” in reference to Alan Ducass.
CHRISTOPHER: I hear you’re the greatest chef after Alan Ducass.
SOOKIE: After Alan Ducass? Who – who said after? …
CHRISTOPHER: So Rory was great, huh?
SOOKIE: Brilliant. So, who said I was after Alan Ducass? …
CHRISTOPHER: It’s really just more of an impression than something I probably actually heard.
SOOKIE: But maybe someone implied that I was after him?
LORELAI: Oh, Sookie?
SOOKIE: Yeah?
LORELAI: You know what, you are the greatest chef in the world, bar none.
SOOKIE: Uh, thanks.
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