Success is born out of arrogance, but greatness comes from humility.

If the lift is broken, I'll just sit and wait for them to sort it out. I don't believe in friendly conversation or chit-chat.

You walk into a restaurant when chefs are not there and it's different. The magic isn't there. Why pay top pounds when the chef is not in the house? I feel cheated. I don't mind paying big money for food but if I go to Paul Bocuse's restaurant I want Paul in the house.

Once you grow up and discover yourself as a human being you look at things for what they are.

I didn't understand myself well enough be an ambassador to my world, to inspire people to want to cook, to inspire young people to want to come into my industry.

The more I invested in myself, the kinder I was to myself and the more I understood myself.

I'm not a worrier. I like sleeping.