I was born in the '60s and grew up in the '70s – not exactly the best decade for food in British history. It was horrendous. It was a time when as a nation we excelled in art and music and acting and photography and fashion – all creative skills… all apart from cooking.

I was born in the '60s and grew up in the '70s – not exactly the best decade for food in British history. It was horrendous. It was a time when as a nation we excelled in art and music and acting and photography and fashion – all creative skills… all apart from cooking.

You think about some of the most memorable meals you've ever had the food will be good but it will often be about locating a mental memory and taste is inexorably linked to all the other senses and memory so ultimately it is all about taste.

You think about some of the most memorable meals you've ever had the food will be good but it will often be about locating a mental memory and taste is inexorably linked to all the other senses and memory so ultimately it is all about taste.

I'm not scared of anything in particular but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.

I'm not scared of anything in particular but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.