I want my kids to see me as Dad, for God's sake, not a television personality.

My father was a swim teacher. We used to swim before school, swim after school.

The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over.

There's no bigger pain anywhere in the world than a vegetarian.

I spend more time in the kitchen than I have in the dining room, for obvious reasons, however, I just want to sit and indulge.

As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate.

Growing up in Britain, we didn't have much, worked for everything. To leave food on the plate, Mom classed it as being rude and so we ate because we were hungry, not ate because we had a choice in the fridge.