Football is becoming all about money. I would like to be in a lift with Gordon Brown and say, 'Please do something about football.'

Although a food processor is not an absolutely essential piece of equipment, because you can certainly chop, grate, slice, knead and mix everything by hand, it does do all these things very quickly and efficiently and saves you time and energy

Remember, it's very simple to have an oven tested professionally, and it only takes about five minutes.

I cheated at school. I remember on one occasion I wrote some history dates in pen on my leg. So when there was a question like 'What year did that happen?', I'd lift my skirt up and have a look.

Hopefully people will be inspired to cook. It's my mission to persuade people not to be afraid of cooking.

I sometimes think the chef end of cooking is not the real end of cooking. Cooking is all about homes and gardens, it doesn't happen in restaurants

I don't get insomnia, but I do get the odd night when I can't unwind.