You know how arrogant the French are - extraordinary.

Would I swap what I have achieved as a cook if I could have been as successful as a footballer? Definitely.

Bread Street Kitchen is a big operation, a unique beast, and it needs bedding in.

Why can't it be a curriculum? Why can't it be a life skill that they learn just to look after themselves in terms of a healthy way of eating? I think we need to shake up that whole curriculum and give them a little bit more of a lifestyle early on, before they leave school at 18.

I act on impulse and I go with my instincts.

From 16 to 26, no one really knows what they want to do for the rest of their life at that age. Latin's not f - ing one of them.

It goes back to the early days in the kitchen where you would be tasting dishes all night long, so the last thing I want to do in the morning is eat. Chefs generally tend to be grazers.