What is your philosophy on food?Less is more, Simplicity and Passion
What inspired you to become a chef?
The ability to play with food and create a dish that will put a smile on someone’s face for the rest of the event.
Globally, which chef do you admire?
Thomas Keller, Gordon Ramsay, Grant Achatz
If you couldn’t be a chef, what profession would you ideally take up?
Wine-making or farming
Other than food and cooking, what inspires you?
Art, natural environment and life itself
What was your worst culinary catastrophe?
Using salt as sugar!
What is your fondest memory in a kitchen?
All-nighters with music blaring, having a laugh but working your ass off
What do you eat for breakfast?
Coffee
What dish would you cook to seduce someone?
Good hearty home-made pasta
What do you never cook?
Tripe; eggs for pad kos
What is the one dish you find hard to get right?
A decent curry
In your opinion, who is the most famous person you have cooked for?
Nelson Mandela
Gas or induction?
Gas
Sweet or savoury?
Savoury
Traditional or trendy?
Traditional with a twist!
Summer or Winter?
Winter
Comedy or drama?
Comedy
Thomas Keller or Heston Blumenthal?
Thomas Keller
