I've Got Around 400 Cookbooks.

Now My Complaint Is There Are Only 18 Hours To Work In A Day.

I Have This Desire To Keep Improving, So I Find Fault.

I Was Born In The '60s And Grew Up In The '70s - Not Exactly The Best Decade For Food In British History. It Was Horrendous. It Was A Time When, As A Nation, We Excelled In Art And Music And Acting And Photography And Fashion - All Creative Skills... All Apart From Cooking.

I'm Not Scared Of Anything In Particular, But I Am Motivated By A Fear Of Failure As Opposed To A Need To Succeed.

You Think About Some Of The Most Memorable Meals You've Ever Had; The Food Will Be Good But It Will Often Be About Locating A Mental Memory And Taste Is Inexorably Linked To All The Other Senses And Memory, So Ultimately It Is All About Taste.