Cake baking has to be, however innocently, one of the great culinary scams: it implies effort, it implies domestic prowess; but believe me, it's easy.

I am not a chef. I am not even a trained or professional cook. My qualification is as an eater.

Sometimes it's good just to be seduced by the particular cheeses spread out in front of you on a cheese counter.

You could probably get through life without knowing how to roast a chicken, but the question is, would you want to?

I am not sure about facelifts because I wouldn't want to be someone who just looks like she's had a facelift.

I know the crew so well, so I forget I'm being filmed. It's like cooking with a friend in the kitchen - you're talking, as you do, and maybe you're telling her about this wonderful way to prepare lamb chops - it's more natural, more honest.

In England and America people tend to graze all day long, but I think it's such a waste to be constantly picking at food because you then can't enjoy a proper full meal when the time comes.