Chefs today choose to step onto that treadmill where they have to be seen. Every day they have to go to this party, they have to go to that party. But then you think "Who is doing the cooking?".

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

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.

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

I like things that are educational and educational. I like things that are inspirational.

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

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