Heston Blumenthal

“I haven't raised my voice for eight to 10 years in the kitchen. And I won't have anybody shouting. If I hear of anybody having a go at anyone else, they'll get disciplined.”

“But most is all to do with work. There are aspects of work that are enjoyable, that you could call a hobby.”

“I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.”

“I am not the world's most confident person.”

“I tend to take negative comments to heart.”

“If it doesn't taste good it doesn't go on the menu.”

“I've got around 400 cookbooks.”

“Television forces people to be larger than life. I would be too shy.”

“I would try doing a dish 30 different ways.”

“You think about some of the most memorable meals you've ever had; the food will be good but it will often be about locating a mental memory and taste is inexorably linked to all the other senses and memory, so ultimately it is all about taste.”

“I still love doing what I do, and I'm really lucky to get up in the morning and want to go to work.”

“I worked 120 hours a week for eight years. That's 20 to 22 hours a day every day and one week I only got 15 hours sleep.”

“Now my complaint is there are only 18 hours to work in a day.”

“You know how sad your life is when you know the release date of DVDs.”

“I have this desire to keep improving, so I find fault.”

“I was born in the '60s and grew up in the '70s - not exactly the best decade for food in British history. It was horrendous. It was a time when, as a nation, we excelled in art and music and acting and photography and fashion - all creative skills... all apart from cooking.”

“Development is where my heart is focused because eating is the only thing that we do that involves all the senses. We eat with our eyes and our ears and our noses.”

“No, when I worked as an accountant I was falling asleep waiting for 5 o'clock.”

“I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort.”

“What gets me excited is the original principle.”