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

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

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

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.

A hen's egg is, quite simply, a work of art, a masterpiece of design and construction with, it has to be said, brilliant packaging!

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

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