Would I swap what I have achieved as a cook if I could have been as successful as a footballer? Definitely.

Running started as a way of relaxing. It's the only time I have to myself. No phones or e-mails or faxes.

I cook for a living; I'm not a scheduler.

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.

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.

I've never been a hands-on dad. I'm not ashamed to admit it, but you can't run a restaurant and be home for tea at 4:30 and bath and change nappies.

You see new shows coming out with the same format, slightly high end, a little bit more glossy. You think, "S - . It's just the same s - but different day."