My wife often goes out with male friends for dinner and I go out with female friends. We have different holidays. We're together six months of the year and when we're together, we're together.

My wife often goes out with male friends for dinner and I go out with female friends. We have different holidays. We're together six months of the year and when we're together, we're together.

Italy is a hot country. Wherever you feel heat, your excitement and passion come out. We're hot-blooded, and where there's passion there's love, but also anger, hunger, excitement.

Italy is a hot country. Wherever you feel heat, your excitement and passion come out. We're hot-blooded, and where there's passion there's love, but also anger, hunger, excitement.

I spent a week of my honeymoon on a cruise ship and it was a nightmare. Never again.

I spent a week of my honeymoon on a cruise ship and it was a nightmare. Never again.

Every summer I sail to a small island called Cavallo, which lies between Sardinia and Corsica.

Every summer I sail to a small island called Cavallo, which lies between Sardinia and Corsica.

When I was eight years old, my mum and dad took me skiing in Valle d'Aosta in northern Italy. I'm not usually a huge fan of snow or cold places, but I loved the fact that we were together as a family.

When I was eight years old, my mum and dad took me skiing in Valle d'Aosta in northern Italy. I'm not usually a huge fan of snow or cold places, but I loved the fact that we were together as a family.

Everybody in Italy cooks. They have a better knowledge of the kitchen - that's the place around which the whole of Italian society revolves.

Everybody in Italy cooks. They have a better knowledge of the kitchen - that's the place around which the whole of Italian society revolves.

You'll never see an Italian go on a diet.

You'll never see an Italian go on a diet.

Generally, Italians just eat better. They're not doing that thing where they're eating two or three hundred grams of pasta. They're never eating a carbonara sauce with a tub of cream in it.

Generally, Italians just eat better. They're not doing that thing where they're eating two or three hundred grams of pasta. They're never eating a carbonara sauce with a tub of cream in it.

I have wonderful memories of growing up on a farm with chickens running all around in the small southern Italian town of Torre del Greco.

I have wonderful memories of growing up on a farm with chickens running all around in the small southern Italian town of Torre del Greco.

My grandfather was a chef and would make everything himself, including the wine, and had his own huge pizza oven. All the neighbors used to come over and use it to bake their bread.

My grandfather was a chef and would make everything himself, including the wine, and had his own huge pizza oven. All the neighbors used to come over and use it to bake their bread.

I always travel with my iPod and I've never read a book in my life. It makes me tired; my brain is not set up for reading.

I always travel with my iPod and I've never read a book in my life. It makes me tired; my brain is not set up for reading.

I had never seen an avocado until I came to London in 1994. They just weren't a feature of southern Italian cuisine.

I had never seen an avocado until I came to London in 1994. They just weren't a feature of southern Italian cuisine.