I think a robot butler would be a great idea for certain things. But the idea of anybody coming into my bedroom and doing stuff for me, besides my wife and I – such as giving you tea in the morning – I just find a bit irksome. John Torode Read Quote
The most important ingredient of Sunday lunch is the conversation. Without that, it’s dead and gone. John Torode Read Quote
My kind of cooking is not a single style – French, Asian, Australasian or British – it’s not modern, old-fashioned or classic; it’s a mix of all these things. And at its core is a boy who loved to cook with his Nanna. John Torode Read Quote
My nanna was an extraordinary lady, and a good old-fashioned cook. She’d just be pottering around, cooking dinner for 25 people on a wood-fired stove without a problem. John Torode Read Quote
Men and women are not the same in the kitchen. Women tend to be uninhibited and instinctive. Men are inconsistent, egotistical show-offs. John Torode Read Quote
My grandmother would let me stand on a stool stirring gravy in a large roasting dish in front of a wood-fired stove at the age of six. She wasn’t worried about the whole health and safety stuff. John Torode Read Quote
My earliest memory of cooking is my grandmother showing me how to make chicken gravy on the big combustion stove in her kitchen. I still use Nana’s gravy recipe. John Torode Read Quote
Cooking steak is a joy because it is a terrific piece of meat that has great flavour whether it is grilled or pan-fried. John Torode Read Quote
Yes, I am a judge on ‘MasterChef,’ where I taste thousands of dishes, and yes I am a trained chef which has had me commanding some of the biggest brigands a kitchen has ever seen. Yes, I have travelled the world and cooked on television and at food shows up and down the country, but in my heart I am a home cook. John Torode Read Quote
