The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody’s ego, that’s it, game over.
I’ve had a lot of success; I’ve had failures, so I learn from the failure.
If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that’s exactly what I did.
My father was a swim teacher. We used to swim before school, swim after school.
There’s a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.
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.
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 suppose your security is your success and your key to success is your fine palate.
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.
I want my kids to see me as Dad, for God’s sake, not a television personality.