If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did. exactly, chef, great, work
As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate. chef, stars, want, wanted
I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow. busy, milk, spilt, always
The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over. game, start, massaging, somebody
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. spend, time, think, kitchen
I train my chefs completely different to anyone else. My young girls and guys, when they come to the kitchen, the first thing they get is a blindfold. They get blindfolded and they get sat down at the chef's table... Unless they can identify what they're tasting, they don't get to cook it. girls, blindfold, chef, guys
I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure. learn, success, failures, failure
Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it's too assertive to the naked eye. slightly, naked, assertive, cooking
I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword - two jackets, one that's driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man. jackets, stove, double, thoroughbred
