“When you find a guy who is powerful, a big father figure, you latch onto him immediately.”

I cook, I create, I’m incredibly excited by what I do, I’ve still got a lot to achieve.

I’ve always said that I think females make the best chefs anywhere in the world.

Eating out doesn’t have to be a formula. Eating out is about having fun. I get really frustrated when it’s badly done.

I’ve had a lot of success; I’ve had failures, so I learn from the failure.

Being a chef never seems like a job, it becomes a true passion.

I am the most unselfish chef in Britain today.

I cook for a living; I’m not a scheduler.

Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it’s too assertive to the naked eye.

I am well aware that a chef is only as good as his last meal.

I am well aware that a chef is only as good as his last meal.

I am a chef who happens to appear on the telly, that’s it.

There’s no bigger pain anywhere in the world than a vegetarian.

Focus on your customers and make that restaurant synonymous to where you are in terms of area.

I am what I am. A fighter.

I swim like a fish and I have an amazing kick.

I suppose your security is your success and your key to success is your fine palate.