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" My father was a swim teacher. We used to swim before school, swim after school. "

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" I am a chef who happens to appear on the telly, that's it. "

" I shoot from the hip. "

" I won't let people write anything they want to about me. "

" I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword - two jackets, one that's driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man. "

" I act on impulse and I go with my instincts. "

" As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate. "

" I swim like a fish and I have an amazing kick. "

" The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over. "

" Cooking today is a young man's game, I don't give a bollocks what anyone says. "

" I am what I am. A fighter. "

" Find what's hot, find what's just opened and then look for the worst review of the week. There is so much to learn from watching a restaurant getting absolutely panned and having a bad experience. Go and see it for yourself. "

" No one saw the recession coming. "

" I grew up in a funny way. "

" There is a level of snobbery and fickleness in L.A. "

" When you find a guy who is powerful, a big father figure, you latch onto him immediately. "

" If I relaxed, if I took my foot off the gas, I would probably die. "

" Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them. "

" If I can give you one strong piece of advice, when you go away for that romantic weekend, whatever you do, do not accept or take the upgrade to the honeymoon suite. "

" I'd like to think I'm a great teacher. "

" I've got nothing to hide. "

" I was a naturally aggressive left-back, a cut-throat tackler. "

" I don't think it's a good advert for any restaurant, a fat chef, and secondly, who wants to eat a dessert when the chef's a fat pig. "

" I came up from a difficult background. "

" My wife, a schoolteacher, very disciplined. If you think I'm tough, trust me, and wait till you see when the children are on the naughty step. It's hilarious. So we decided that I'm going to work like a donkey and provide amazing support for the family. "

" It's very hard when you eat out every day for a living, and a new restaurant comes along and you haven't got that same vigour that you had 10 years ago. "

" I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure. "