Industry, economy, honesty and kindness form a quartet of virtue that will never be improved upon.

I'm probably a bit romantic about it, but I think we humans miss having contact with fire. We need it.

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

The world is blessed most by men who do things, not by those who merely talk about them.

I love roasting because you can give it love, get it in the oven and go and play with the kids or whatever you've got to do, and then hours later you've got a lovely dinner.

What we call barbecuing in this country is actually direct grilling. In many countries, it also means cooking in an enclosed box with a heat source, ideally wood, all year round.

I hate making TV documentaries.