A cake is a very good test of an oven: if it browns too much on one side and not on the other, it's not your fault - you need to have your oven checked.

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

Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters.

There are people who claim to be instinctive cooks, who never follow recipes or weigh anything at all. All I can say is they're not very fussy about what they eat. For me, cooking is an exact art and not some casual game.

A cake is a very good test of an oven: if it browns too much on one side and not on the other, it's not your fault - you need to have your oven checked.

The real love for somebody comes from getting to know them very well.

If I was a Mayor, I would sort the traffic out and that includes public transport. The traffic jams really get on my nerves.