The pressure of TV can force people to do odd things.
Harveys opened against the backdrop of Thatcher's greed culture.
My tortured life - with its extremes and conflicts - might have been difficult for me to deal with, but the press couldn't get enough of it. I was in the papers every day, 'the enfant terrible of the culinary world.'
When I look at old pictures, I see my son Luciano, not me. Luciano looks identical. That's what's extraordinary, the power of a gene pool.
My children are, without question, the most wonderful thing. I've learnt more about myself through my children than any other experience in my life.
I love the institution of marriage.
I never had a drink at all till I was 38. I'm just not a drinker. I go days without drinking.
I wouldn't want to be in one room, 20 hours a day, 52 weeks a year, with four white walls and a stove. I think it stunts your growth as a human being.
'Kitchen Wars' makes 'MasterChef' look like a walk in the park!
My cooking attracted celebrities. I met Sylvester Stallone. He squeezed my bicep and said: 'I don't usually eat your kind of food, but for you, I ate it.' I haven't got a clue what he'd eaten but he asked me to cook for his wedding feast when he married Jennifer Flavin at Blenheim Palace.
When you roast a chicken perfectly, there's nothing more delicious.
I leave my emotions at home.
The newspapers had described me as the Jagger of the Aga. It wasn't hard living up to the reputation.
The only time I am seen in public is when I go to work. When I go home to England, I never leave my home.
The reason I do television is because we all have to work and earn a living, as I have four children. It's also a platform for me to share my knowledge and inspire the young.
I love gardens!
I think what you got to do is to create an environment which people wish to sit in. You have to create a menu which is interesting to people. You have to create food which is delicious and affordable. I think that's what's important.
Remember, restaurateurs are only shopkeepers; that's all we are. It's no different from the supermarket down the road.
I don't like London. I'm not happy here. I don't even own a flat here.
You'll never see me at award ceremonies.
