There are three types of palate. There's the palate that can't taste anything, there's the normal palate, and there's the Super Palate. I don't think I've got a Super Palate, but it's pretty good.

There are three types of palate. There's the palate that can't taste anything, there's the normal palate, and there's the Super Palate. I don't think I've got a Super Palate, but it's pretty good.

It's hard to get your head around the scale of Australia.

It's hard to get your head around the scale of Australia.

People sometimes forget that Sydney is a harbour and it's the ferries that make it unique.

People sometimes forget that Sydney is a harbour and it's the ferries that make it unique.

There is no way in the world that a vacuum cleaner will ever be obsolete - they use them for swimming pools, they use them for houses, they use them for industrial purposes. They're fantastic things.

There is no way in the world that a vacuum cleaner will ever be obsolete - they use them for swimming pools, they use them for houses, they use them for industrial purposes. They're fantastic things.

I think a robot butler would be a great idea for certain things. But the idea of anybody coming into my bedroom and doing stuff for me, besides my wife and I - such as giving you tea in the morning - I just find a bit irksome.

I think a robot butler would be a great idea for certain things. But the idea of anybody coming into my bedroom and doing stuff for me, besides my wife and I - such as giving you tea in the morning - I just find a bit irksome.

I'm definitely not a nerd, not a nerd at all.

I'm definitely not a nerd, not a nerd at all.

I don't worry about the camera adding pounds, I am who I am.

I don't worry about the camera adding pounds, I am who I am.

Sunday morning is time to slob around and perhaps go swimming.

Sunday morning is time to slob around and perhaps go swimming.

The most important ingredient of Sunday lunch is the conversation. Without that, it's dead and gone.

The most important ingredient of Sunday lunch is the conversation. Without that, it's dead and gone.

I like all my jackets to be on wooden coat hangers, all facing the same direction.

I like all my jackets to be on wooden coat hangers, all facing the same direction.

My grandmother would let me stand on a stool stirring gravy in a large roasting dish in front of a wood-fired stove at the age of six. She wasn't worried about the whole health and safety stuff.

My grandmother would let me stand on a stool stirring gravy in a large roasting dish in front of a wood-fired stove at the age of six. She wasn't worried about the whole health and safety stuff.

It seems that the more we travel, the more we want flavour and variation in our food - and the bolder it is, the more addictive those flavours will be.

It seems that the more we travel, the more we want flavour and variation in our food - and the bolder it is, the more addictive those flavours will be.