Cooking today is far greater than it ever was, and more importantly, a chef's role today has changed dramatically over the last decade.

Jack, my 16 year old, was in knots a couple of months back, studying for Latin. I said, "Mate, you've got no interest in Latin. You don't want to go into it after, so drop it." He said, "No, I can't. I'm going to get bullied at school because all my mates are in there." There's a prime example of why no one cooks at school. You're studying Latin, you've got no interest.

Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.

Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it's too assertive to the naked eye.

They say cats have nine lives. I've had 12 already and I don't know how many more I'll have.

I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure.

We launched it in the London branch - phenomenal sausages, incredible eggs, homemade baked beans, black pudding - and it's something I wanted to bring to Dubai.