When you cook under pressure you trade perfection.

There are very few chefs both in Britain and the States that really identify the secret of being consistent. And combine consistency with flavor.

Push your limit to the absolute extreme.

The level of jealousy and insecurity in this industry [restaurant] is far greater than ever before.

I think when we opened in 2001, it was holy ground. There was nothing here. Back then, being on the Dubai Creek was an amazing position, and I would come one or two times a year, max. Now it's so different. The travel dilemma has disappeared and it is so easy to get to Dubai. What is it, seven hours from London? It's pretty easy.

They say cats have nine lives. I've had 12 already and I don't know how many more I'll have.

Why can't it be a curriculum? Why can't it be a life skill that they learn just to look after themselves in terms of a healthy way of eating? I think we need to shake up that whole curriculum and give them a little bit more of a lifestyle early on, before they leave school at 18.