too many cooks spoil the soup

too many cooks spoil the soup

proverb If too many people try to control, influence, or work on something, the final product will be worse as a result. A: "We've got my boss, his boss, the assistant manager, a freelance consultant, and the head of IT all involved in this project, and it's turning into a complete disaster!" B: "Well, too many cooks spoil the soup, after all!"
See also: cook, many, soup, spoil
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • too many cooks spoil the broth
  • too many cooks spoil the stew
  • boss man
  • boss lady
  • boss
  • think for
  • think for (oneself)
  • say over and over (again)
  • aggro
References in periodicals archive
This may have been subliminally encouraged by the old kitchen dictum, 'Too many cooks spoil the soup.'