The parents are the issue, because it's not the kids' fault. They're the ones on the playground getting the s - and the jokes and the bullying, because of their size and they're obese. It's not the kids, it's the f - ing parents.

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

We're fragile, fragmented souls who are very sensitive to criticism.

It's quite weird knocking that out of them and telling them to forget cooking for chefs; forget what chefs say about your food.

I've always said that I think females make the best chefs anywhere in the world.

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

The thing is, I can teach. I can teach bloody well. So few chefs have that level of generosity. I demand a lot, a f***ing hell of a lot, but I give a lot back.