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

Cooking today is far greater than it ever was, and more importantly, a chef's role today has changed dramatically over the last decade.

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.

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

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

When you're cooking in the premier league of restaurants, when things go down, it has to be sorted immediately.

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.