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

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.

The thing I can't resist is a pork pie. That's my idea of a lovely treat.

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'.

Remember, it's very simple to have an oven tested professionally, and it only takes about five minutes.

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

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