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

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

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

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

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