I've made a few nice dishes in my time, but this must be the best I've ever made.

From quite an early age I realised the effect that good food can have on others.

What I've enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn - I love it!

I could cook from quite an early age - purely because I liked it.

Heads know that failing to invest in good, nutritious food is a false economy and parents won't tolerate reconstituted turkey being put back on the menu.

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

I'm better with my hands, and I always loved the slightly romantic idea of starting with bits of wood and being able to create something to sit on, to eat from, to store your clothes in.