When you find a guy who is powerful, a big father figure, you latch onto him immediately.

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

The parents are the issue, because it's not the kids' fault. They're the ones on the playground getting the s - and the jokes and the bullying, because of their size and they're obese. It's not the kids, it's the f - ing parents.

Chelsea has always been a foodie heaven and it will never change in that respect.

A lot of people think that I am only in town when I'm doing the publicity circuit, but I actually come [Bread Street] regularly. I just don't publicise it.

I suppose I might be a player-coach nowadays. I'm a great teacher, and I enjoy teaching. But I'm glad I got injured and ended up turning to cooking. It was an accident but the happiest one of my life.

When you cook under pressure you trade perfection.