Quotes

I love this country. I love tradition. And I just want to make sure our country's heading in the right direction.

Jesus died when he was 33, and when I was 33, I was coming out of a failed marriage and was in a really low point in my life because I was really sad about that. God healed me so much during that period. So I loved that year because I leaned on God, and then, as a result, I started checking things off my bucket list.

I love my job and always have.

I love Jesus, and I cannot hide that.

Honestly, I just love my life.

Hands down, 'The Family Man' is one of my favorite movies with Nicolas Cage and Tea Leoni. I've always loved that movie... it's pretty special. I also love 'It's a Wonderful Life,' and 'Home Alone' - I think it's really funny.

I believe there's a place for goodness and love in everything I do.

When I really discovered who God was and had a firm relationship with him my junior year of college, I journaled constantly. All day long. I had boxes of journals. They were really just love letters to God, just thanking him and praying out loud and telling him my desires.

I'm not here to make everyone love me. I wish they would.

I love steamed vegetables.

My Mum was the main reason why I became a chef. She influenced all of my family to feel free in the kitchen - it was the centre of our home and I have wonderful memories of helping Mum cook and experiencing the love and patience that went into the food.

We were brought up with having a love of your garden, having somewhere you can go in, it's your little sanctuary, you can go there and you can switch off.

I must admit that I do love to dance, but doing it in front of the nation is a whole different matter!

I don't just loving cooking in a vacuum, as it were; I love cooking for people, with people, and laughing.

Cooking is about love, really, and cooking for your children is all about caring for them, building relationships.

I love energy, I love to give people energy, I love to feed off energy - it makes me happy.

Bread's so important for me, it makes such a difference. I like it with a lovely bit of cheese on it, sometimes just with butter, or with some fresh soup.

A typical Sunday meal will be brunch at 11 A.M. I'll probably do muffins, proper scrambled eggs and sweetcorn fritters, which the kids love. Kedgeree's another thing I like, and if any of the West Indian family are over, definitely ackee and saltfish.

So I've got mates I've known since I was five years old. Their children know my children. There's something really lovely about it. When you're an immigrant - my parents were immigrants, their brothers and sisters lived all over the world, Florida, Jamaica, some in Europe - it's a grounding thing. That community is critical.

I say time and time again - yes, cooking is wonderful to cook for your loved ones and see them eat the food but the most important thing is getting them all sat around the table together.

If I hadn't become a chef I would have loved to be a top tennis player, although I was never good enough so it wasn't really an option. But that has never dimmed my love of the game, which started in childhood when I was lucky enough to be a ball boy at Wimbledon.

I love the humour of the British and I love the countryside.

What I like best is showing people how to have fun in the kitchen. And sharing my love of cooking.

I certainly love a boogie and once the music starts I'm usually one of the first out there on the dance floor.

I really love being busy because I am - feel like I am at my best when I am busy.