I didn't understand myself well enough be an ambassador to my world, to inspire people to want to cook, to inspire young people to want to come into my industry.

It's extraordinary these obsessions. You conquer one but then you move onto another.

Once you accept you are being judged by people who have less knowledge than yourself, then what's it worth?

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.

We're in a world that is run by accountants and I think that it's sad in many ways.

I find supermarkets fascinating places. It's extraordinary, you can buy anything there.

I'm not a worrier. I like sleeping.