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    A lot of country pubs will receive Michelin stars.

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    As we get older, we tend to become more risk averse because we tend to find reasons why things won't work. When you are a kid, you think everything is possible, and I think with creativity it is so important to keep that naivety.

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    At home I've got 1,500 cook books and the spines have all gone, the pages are all torn - it's chaos.

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    Development is where my heart is focused because eating is the only thing that we do that involves all the senses. We eat with our eyes and our ears and our noses.

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    I haven't raised my voice for eight to 10 years in the kitchen. And I won't have anybody shouting. If I hear of anybody having a go at anyone else, they'll get disciplined.

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    I have this desire to keep improving, so I find fault.

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

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    I still love doing what I do, and I'm really lucky to get up in the morning and want to go to work.

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    I tend to take negative comments to heart.

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    It was not easy with a newborn, asking your wife to give up the family home and your security.

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    It was quite a challenge to make people eat crab ice cream.

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    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.

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    I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort.

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    I worked 120 hours a week for eight years. That's 20 to 22 hours a day every day and one week I only got 15 hours sleep.

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    I would try doing a dish 30 different ways.

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    I write and chop with my left hand and do everything else, including eating with a knife, with my right.

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    No, when I worked as an accountant I was falling asleep waiting for 5 o'clock.

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    Take note of what's around you and maximise sensory pleasure.

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    Television forces people to be larger than life. I would be too shy.

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    There are so many issues in our oceans - like the near extinction of blue fin tuna - that should be taken more seriously worldwide.

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    This kitchen is completely calm. Some of the old-fashioned chefs - they become kings in their kitchen, they've got to be called chef. But I don't care if someone calls me chef or Heston, it really doesn't bother me.

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    What gets me excited is the original principle.

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    You need to do the work to bring the money in, but not compromise standards.

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    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.