In London I'm not seen in public. I don't go to award ceremonies or gatherings. I just don't go because I like my privacy. I like being with my family and I like being in their company. I work very hard and I don't have much time so I just want to be with my family or in the English countryside. I don't take holidays.

Do I shout, belittle or swear? No. I have sufficient confidence within myself to control my environment just by my presence, just by working hard and leading from the front.

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

I've paid my price, a high price, I watched my mother die. I look at everything I've been given now as a form of compensation. A person who has regrets is a person who casts anchors.

I cannot teach anybody how to cook. All I can do is show them, share methods with them.

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

The most poisonous source in any kitchen is a chef's ego.