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

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

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.

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

I have no regrets in my life. If not for the mistakes that I made I would not be the man I am today.

A lot of my reputation is a product of exaggeration and ignorance.