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

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" I train my chefs completely different to anyone else. My young girls and guys, when they come to the kitchen, the first thing they get is a blindfold. They get blindfolded and they get sat down at the chef's table... Unless they can identify what they're tasting, they don't get to cook it. "

" If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did. "

" I want my kids to see me as Dad, for God's sake, not a television personality. "

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

" You know how arrogant the French are - extraordinary. "

" I am the most unselfish chef in Britain today. "

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

" I'm not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now. "

" I've never been a hands-on dad. I'm not ashamed to admit it, but you can't run a restaurant and be home for tea at 4:30 and bath and change nappies. "

" 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 don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow. "

" Running started as a way of relaxing. It's the only time I have to myself. No phones or e-mails or faxes. "

" I shoot from the hip. "

" Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results. "

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

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

" I'm quite a chauvinistic person. "

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

" 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. "

" They say cats have nine lives. I've had 12 already and I don't know how many more I'll have. "

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

" I am a grafter. "

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

" 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. "

" I've got nothing to hide. "

" I came up from a difficult background. "

" 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 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 grew up in a funny way. "

" 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. "