I have always read all the latest cookery books and magazines, from all over the world

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.

I think Antony Worrall Thompson is dreadful, just repulsive.

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

In our house, some of our favourite recipes just happen to be vegetarian, but I still enjoy meat and I believe very much in meat.

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

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