There's nothing new. I think that's the weird thing for me. Over the last couple of months, the keep-fit shows, and then at the end of it you get to lose weight and one of you is going to win a million dollars - that's not real. In many ways, even 10 years ago that wouldn't have worked.

I like finding talent. That's what really turns me on, I suppose.

Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it's too assertive to the naked eye.

There is a level of snobbery and fickleness in L.A.

Best to start at the bottom & gradually climb up. It's much more fun, too.

Being on a soccer pitch is not the same as being in a kitchen when things are going wrong.

A lot of people think that I am only in town when I'm doing the publicity circuit, but I actually come [Bread Street] regularly. I just don't publicise it.