In order to create a little bit of confidence, start cooking with pasta. Pasta is phenomenal. Once you've cooked pasta properly for the first time it becomes second nature.

Having worked my a - off over here for the last 10 years really hard, really f - ing hard, to see that unfolding every Tuesday and then watching the interviews, and the Megyn Kelly ... It's just extraordinary. It's quite a horrible situation because something needs to happen to stop this thing [Donald Trump] from becoming one of the most embarrassing scenarios ever in the history of politics.

There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.

Eating out doesn't have to be a formula. Eating out is about having fun. I get really frustrated when it's badly done.

The thing is, I can teach. I can teach bloody well. So few chefs have that level of generosity. I demand a lot, a f***ing hell of a lot, but I give a lot back.

I'm not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.

You know how arrogant the French are - extraordinary.