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

My agent, Debbie, saying, 'Don't get involved in advertising.' She gets so many calls a day about me promoting a product, but I am really pleased I have never gone down that route. I don't want somebody else to make a saucepan with my name on it.

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.

I have tried all my life to look after my skin, so I never do things like go to bed with make-up on. I also always use moisturisers. But I certainly do not believe in Botox or anything like that. The thought of it just makes me think 'urgh'.

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

The journey of prayer is nothing more or less than a gradual awakening to the reality of recognizing what is already there.

The chemicals in the dishwashing process tend not to be good for saucepans.