Tomatoes and mozzarella work very well together because the milk is rich in summer when the grass is very very green, and makes the best mozzarella in the world, same time as the tomatoes are around and beautiful bushy basil.

Beaches are really important to me, and I love Sennen Cove and Perranporth Beach.

Start with the basics: make pancakes, boil an egg, make toast. Get the kids used to getting a bit of toast and understanding it's hot.

When I'm on holiday I want to clear my head and I found Marrakech too 'in your face' and busy.

I think that most things, if you want to use them properly, take quite a lot of time and I don't necessarily have the patience to sit down and read the instructions and follow the first bits to actually get the starting point.

Under-mature beef with no fat through the meat will be a dry and tasteless disappointment and you will get little yield from it.

Sunday lunch should be about sociability, about conversation, about general stimulation and the education of the youth.

Marriage is a very difficult thing and sometimes everyone can be a bit stubborn; it is what it is.

The weekend is all about teaching the children life skills and getting them out in all weathers.

When you grow up in a family where you have lost a parent, everybody joins together to instil the correct values in you, to give you guidance and and show you the moral ways of the world. Most important to my father and grandmother was the idea of treating people as you would like to be treated.

I absolutely love jumping on a plane. I find it to be one of the most wonderful, releasing experiences in the world. Nobody can call me and I have my own space where I can do whatever I want. For some people a long-haul flight is an ordeal, but I love every bit of it.

I don't mind cooking at home, I find it relaxing.

Cooking is what I do professionally and it is my way of life, but it is also the way I relax. It is the thing I dream about the most; it makes me smile.

My second marriage to Jessica just fell apart. It was nothing to do with restaurants.

I don't like to eat in front of people.

How could you live without chips? I could do without bread easily.

As an Aussie, my favourite holidays are skiing ones.

I do think about how different my life might have been had my mother not died so young, but I try not to delve into it too deeply, as it's like 'Sliding Doors,' isn't it? You just don't know.

You have to control your own destiny and make your own choices.

The inspiration to cook came from my grandmother and my father who were both wonderful home cooks. But I would say I taught myself. You travel, you discover the world, you explore books - it is these things that make a great cook.

Sydney-siders don't drive.

I like to introduce people to new things without scaring them.

For the children it will always be a lemonade float at the Christmas table as a special treat.

In winter I love a pasty.

I'm pretty conscious of what I eat because of my age.

Vegetarian' is just another word for 'bad hunter.'

Fact is, I'm a carnivore.

I'm not someone who jumps in a car to make for the country, I'm an urbanite. I love living in London and there's always something going on.

I can't understand why anyone would want to reduce vinegar.

I already have my fantasy job. I run a restaurant and film 'MasterChef,' both of which mean I get to cook and eat - and get paid for it.

I don't think a 12-month TV campaign really changes what anyone thinks.

I love South Australia.

There's nothing worse than a sterile house.

I think the 'Great British Bake-Off' is great.

If I go to a restaurant the last thing I want to do is sit with somebody I don't like because then the food always tastes awful.