I cook, I create, I'm incredibly excited by what I do, I've still got a lot to achieve.

It goes back to the early days in the kitchen where you would be tasting dishes all night long, so the last thing I want to do in the morning is eat. Chefs generally tend to be grazers.

I am a chef who happens to appear on the telly, that's it.

I'm not trying to take New York by storm. I just want to sneak in there, keep my head down, batten down the hatches and cook.

MasterChef Junior for me was about working closely with these kids and getting them to reeducate their parents to understand that food is as important educationally as Math and English and it's important that we don't take it for granted.

I can't say, maybe it's something in the ingredients, but again, we have a couple of contestants from Long Island and a phenomenal array of chefs.

Initially let your food do the talking. You'll be surprised how far you go in a short period of time.