My wife, a schoolteacher, very disciplined. If you think I'm tough, trust me, and wait till you see when the children are on the naughty step. It's hilarious. So we decided that I'm going to work like a donkey and provide amazing support for the family.

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.

I still love football, though, and I think cooking is like football. It's not a job, it's a passion. When you become good at it, it's a dream job and financially you need never to worry. Ever.

If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.

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.

Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results.