If you want to think about cooking, and it's a high-five, laid back motion, then flip burgers and dress Caesar salad, don't try to pitch in the premier league of restaurant. Build up to it, by all means.

How many restaurants do we know across the world that customers visit once and once only?

We have never done anything in a cynical fake way

I've been in New York for 15 months. Winning two stars in the Zagat number one best newcomer within ten months of opening in New York has taught me a big lesson.

When you cook under pressure you trade perfection.

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.

When you find a guy who is powerful, a big father figure, you latch onto him immediately.