I cook, I create, I'm incredibly excited by what I do, I've still got a lot to achieve.

When you cook under pressure you trade perfection.

Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters.

I'm not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.

Would I swap what I have achieved as a cook if I could have been as successful as a footballer? Definitely.

I'm not trying to take New York by storm. I just want to sneak in there, keep my head down, batten down the hatches and cook.