Gastronomy is the greatest form of therapy that anyone can be exposed to.

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.

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 think if you've been given something in life you have a moral duty to give things back.

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

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

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