Jack, my 16 year old, was in knots a couple of months back, studying for Latin. I said, "Mate, you've got no interest in Latin. You don't want to go into it after, so drop it." He said, "No, I can't. I'm going to get bullied at school because all my mates are in there." There's a prime example of why no one cooks at school. You're studying Latin, you've got no interest.

MasterChef Junior for me was about working closely with these kids and getting them to reeducate their parents to understand that food is as important educationally as Math and English and it's important that we don't take it for granted.

I'm Gordon Ramsay, for goodness sake: people know I'm volatile.

I won't let people write anything they want to about me.

[I spend a] lot [time travelling]. Between the restaurants, filming for TV, producing MasterChef, seeing the kids... it's pretty constant.

There are very few chefs both in Britain and the States that really identify the secret of being consistent. And combine consistency with flavor.

I'm not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.