Heston Blumenthal

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

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

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

I write and chop with my left hand and do everything else, including eating with a knife, with my right.

It was not easy with a newborn, asking your wife to give up the family home and your security.

To me, food is as much about the moment, the occasion, the location and the company as it is about the taste.

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.

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.

As we get older, we tend to become more risk averse because we tend to find reasons why things won't work. When you are a kid, you think everything is possible, and I think with creativity it is so important to keep that naivety.

You need to do the work to bring the money in, but not compromise standards.

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

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