The problem with Yanks is they are wimps.

We outsmarted ourselves and raised the bar even higher, I think.

Everything has to be done for a reason, and everything has to be done to make sense in terms of running a proper business today, and it's not just about the food.

I shoot from the hip.

I've never been a hands-on dad. I'm not ashamed to admit it, but you can't run a restaurant and be home for tea at 4:30 and bath and change nappies.

I train my chefs with a blindfold. I'll get my sous chef and myself to cook a dish. The young chef would have to sit down and eat it with a blindfold. If they can't identify the flavor, they shouldn't be cooking the dish.

I spend more time in the kitchen than I have in the dining room, for obvious reasons, however, I just want to sit and indulge.