I can do basics, but I'm not a proper cook. I can do a roast. I can stick a chicken in the oven with vegetables.

I was painfully shy as a child.

The first meal my husband ever made me was a chicken curry. I have never tasted anything so delicious in my life.

I guess that is my favorite thing - to make people laugh and also to maybe engage them emotionally and touch them somehow in telling the story.

I did an O-level in domestic science when I was at school, but on the day of the practical exam, it was a cookery nightmare.

Ive been to the White House and had Hilary Clinton push through the crowd to come and meet me. Chelsea Clinton, too.

I always admire people who have passion.