Marco Pierre White

I like my mind being stimulated. I like discovering new concepts.

In 1990 at Harveys, when I was 28 years old, I became the youngest chef to win two Michelin stars. It was a huge achievement.

Perhaps I created the monster Ramsay, who ended up as a TV personality screaming at celebrities on 'Hell's Kitchen,' doing to them what I had done to him.

I never had a drink at all till I was 38. I'm just not a drinker. I go days without drinking.

The day I stopped fearing my father was the day I could enjoy him.

I don't like London. I'm not happy here. I don't even own a flat here.

I don't believe I've ever truly been in love because I don't believe that I've known myself well enough in the past to allow someone to love me.

I love the countryside, which is where I live and feel most comfortable, and hate being surrounded by herds of people.

I take so much from my life. I have my shooting and my fishing. I have my working life. I have my relationship with my children.

Oh, I love ladies in hats! One rule of restaurants: never take a hat from a lady; wait for her to offer you the hat because she might not want to take it off - she might not have had time to do her hair properly.

I love the institution of marriage.

I love working. I love doing things. I don't like sitting.