Best to start at the bottom & gradually climb up. It's much more fun, too.

[ Full English breakfast] it's what we grew up with! It is the one big treat that the kids get on the weekend - it's good family time.

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

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

The kids now, on "Junior," we educate the parents and it's quite a fascinating turnaround. You can just see the parents thinking, "S - , 10 years ago I was eating so bad, and now I'm seeing it through the eyes of my kids at 9, 10 years of age." There is an upside to that side of reality TV. It's not all negative.

I am well aware that a chef is only as good as his last meal.

I can't say, maybe it's something in the ingredients, but again, we have a couple of contestants from Long Island and a phenomenal array of chefs.