I'm actually not really a breakfast person.

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

My mum doesn't enjoy sometimes listening to me tell staff off, and I say to my mum, it's a kitchen, not a hair-dressing salon.

From 16 to 26, no one really knows what they want to do for the rest of their life at that age. Latin's not f - ing one of them.

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.

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.

When you find a guy who is powerful, a big father figure, you latch onto him immediately.