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

I spent my days on the riverbanks, in the woods, in the fields, shooting, hunting and stalking. I unravelled everything within my life. Self discovery is most important to me.

People who can give themselves every day. They're the people that I admire, they're real people.

I'm not a worrier. I like sleeping.

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

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 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.