Mother Nature is the true artist and our job as cooks is to allow her to shine.

Don't dress for others, dress for yourself. Clothes should be an extension of what you represent and what you feel inside.

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

Nine out of ten English chefs have their names on their chests. Who do they think they are? They're dreamers. They're jokes. Just ask yourself how many chefs in this country have Michelin stars and how many have their names on their jackets. We all wear blue aprons in my kitchen because we're all commis. We're all still learning.

At the end of the day it's just food, isn't it? Just food.

I came from the old world of gastronomy. Many years ago I walked into the kitchens of the Hotel St George and I feel very fortunate that I worked for chefs that were behind their stoves. I saw that world of gastronomy. I can sit here today and say that I saw the golden age of gastronomy. It's gone, it's gone. It's never going to have that anymore, once the accountants get involved the romance fades. That's the reality.

If you are not extreme, then people will take shortcuts because they don't fear you.