I can't work in a domestic kitchen; it's just too confined. There's no freedom, and there's no buzz.

Harveys opened against the backdrop of Thatcher's greed culture.

I think it's really important for every young person to work in a kitchen because you learn a life skill.

I'm the Christopher Biggins of reality TV.

My mother's death was the defining moment of my life.

Females make better cooks than men. Females have a better palate. They have a better sense of smell. They never take shortcuts; this is why they're very good in kitchens. The weakness in what they do is they are not as physically strong as men, so they're never really given the opportunity.

Good people are always forgiving. They close an eye to one's failings.

Like most fathers, I would do anything for my children, and I've worked very hard at trying to be a good father. I want to give them education, security, everything I never had.

When you work for someone, you never realise how much you are learning. It is only when you leave and you reflect back on life.

Can you imagine, I lost my mother at age six? My childhood ended then.

I never had a drink at all till I was 38. I'm just not a drinker. I go days without drinking.

I'm naturally an introvert.

My twenties were the worst period of my life.

I love the institution of marriage.

You cannot criticize a man for going to work. You really cannot.

English wine is nonsense. They are over-priced and not very good.

The pressure of TV can force people to do odd things.

I'm happiest walking through fields, on beaches, and over riverbanks. Nature is my surrogate mother.

All great chefs have two things in common. First, they respect nature as the true artist, and they are just cooks. Second, everything that they do is an extension of them as a person.

I think, in life, the more you force things, they break. You just let things happen.

Perhaps I created the monster Ramsay, who ended up as a TV personality screaming at celebrities on 'Hell's Kitchen,' doing to them what I had done to him.

Generally, I respect critics; they have their job to do.

For me, food is about generosity, and this should reflect on the plate as well.

If you really want to know what motivated me as a young man, it was a fear of death.