I profoundly believe that the power of food has a primal place in our homes that binds us to the best bits of life.

Give your kids a bloody knife and fork and let me put some fresh food in front of them they can eat.

I left school with basically nothing, I was a special needs kid. I did feel as though my school had let me down.

I hate making TV documentaries.

Why would any sensible human being put meat filled with ammonia in the mouths of their children?

I've cooked just about everything really.

Just because the Americans are so good at rattling out accessible and cheap junk food, nobody looks twice when it comes to their food. But there are golden nuggets everywhere.