“I'm probably a bit romantic about it, but I think we humans miss having contact with fire. We need it.”

“My first outdoor cooking memories are full of erratic British summers, Dad swearing at a barbecue that he couldn't put together, and eventually eating charred sausages, feeling brilliant.”

“I'm probably a bit romantic about it, but I think we humans miss having contact with fire. We need it.”

“I'm better with my hands, and I always loved the slightly romantic idea of starting with bits of wood and being able to create something to sit on, to eat from, to store your clothes in.”

“The public health of five million children should not be left to luck or chance.”

“Give your kids a bloody knife and fork and let me put some fresh food in front of them they can eat.”

“The kitchen oven is reliable, but it's made us lazy.”

“If you only design menus that are essentially junk or fast food, the whole infrastructure supports junk.”

“Stop being a vegan and start enjoying what you eat.”

“All I ever wanted to do was to make food accessible to everyone to show that you can make mistakes - I do all the time - but it doesn't matter.”

“Just because the Americans are so good at rattling out accessible and cheap junk food, nobody looks twice when it comes to their food. But there are golden nuggets everywhere.”