I find supermarkets fascinating places. It's extraordinary, you can buy anything there.

I cannot teach anybody how to cook. All I can do is show them, share methods with them.

I've never tried to be a celebrity chef, people call me that but I was that young boy that the media chose.

A tree without roots is just a piece of wood.

I don't do social events, I don't do award ceremonies, I don't do charity dinners. I live my life off-radar.

I wasn't manufactured. I was cut from the cloth of the very old world of gastronomy. There was no such thing as celebrity chefs, chefs were trained and I like to think that I still represent those old values from that world and the opportunities that I am offered I often say no to.

I'm not a worrier. I like sleeping.