Remember, it's very simple to have an oven tested professionally, and it only takes about five minutes.

A cake is a very good test of an oven: if it browns too much on one side and not on the other, it's not your fault - you need to have your oven checked.

It takes only five minutes to look nice before you go out.

There are people who claim to be instinctive cooks, who never follow recipes or weigh anything at all. All I can say is they're not very fussy about what they eat. For me, cooking is an exact art and not some casual game.

Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed... I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself.

I sometimes think the chef end of cooking is not the real end of cooking. Cooking is all about homes and gardens, it doesn't happen in restaurants.