Can you imagine the headlines if I gave someone food poisoning? They'd hang me off Tower Bridge by my ballbag!

What you're experiencing now [on "MasterChef," on "Junior"] is what life's going to be like for the next four, five decades. You're going to go through those bumps. Bringing you back in contention and giving you that kind of confidence, they're huge. But they let it go, there's no fear, they're naughty, they're rude, and they know there's no parents and there's no school teacher so they can have fun, and it shows.

I shoot from the hip.

You don't come into cooking to get rich.

There's a side to reality TV that is part education, as well. I've seen that since doing "MasterChef Junior," in terms of the effect it has on the confidence given these young kids from 8 to 13, a quality life skill. Even if they never pursue cooking as a job or a career, just learning how to cook for yourself sets you up in a good place.

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

Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.