I suppose your security is your success and your key to success is your fine palate.

Stop taking things personally. Throughout the time with "Kitchen Nightmares" and "Hotel Hell," when they work, you don't get any praise. When they fail, you get blamed. You're f - ed either way, but it doesn't stop me doing them, I think.

I came up from a difficult background.

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

Two key ingredients in any successful chef: a quick learner and someone with a sharp brain.

Cooking today is a young man's game, I don't give a bollocks what anyone says.

Rude staff, bad lighting, and dirty bathrooms are all signs of a bad restaurant and a good reason to leave a restaurant!