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.

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

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.

I don't get insomnia, but I do get the odd night when I can't unwind.

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

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

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.