I do believe you can be attracted by somebody at first sight. We have all done it.

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.

But quite honestly I can't help being a passionate football supporter. If that's my sin, I'm guilty

Memories are fallible and a timer can save a lot of hard work from going out of the window

I think Antony Worrall Thompson is dreadful, just repulsive.

I found in my whole career the best thing that can happen to you is that you hear what people want.

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.