The more you know, the more you can create. There's no end to imagination in the kitchen.

Celebrity has its uses. I can always get a seat in any restaurant.

Was it a sign of Creeping Decrepitude?

You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.

The more you know, the more you can create. There's no end to imagination in the kitchen.

I still feel that French cooking is the most important in the world, one of the few that has rules. If you follow the rules, you can do pretty well.

Forget the cheap white wine: go to beef and gin!