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

How many chefs when I was a young boy shouted at me during service? All I ever said was "Yes, chef." The customer is the most important. If the chef overreacts, fine. At the end of service, you apologize.

A tree without roots is just a piece of wood.

Today there are very few chefs at that high level who are behind their stoves. You don't feel their presence within the room. Where's the romance? Where's the show? Where's the theater? The modern day restaurant - it's like dining in a chapel. It's boring.

People do peculiar things in life and they do for whatever reason but I think one of the greatest crimes in life is when you lie.

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

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.