I don't come from any great culinary tradition - I'm from London!
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it's based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charcoal.
I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.
A fellowship to Oxford acquainted me with the depths of English cooking. By the twenty-first century, London's best restaurants are as good as Paris's, but not in the 1950s.
I travel the world, and I can see in Toronto the cooking is very personal. These people cook with their hearts.
I take a cooking class everywhere I travel. I find it's the best way to get to know a culture.
I am the most unselfish chef in Britain today.
I've never gone to culinary school, but I do love cooking.
I'm an avid cook. Brazilian, some Italian, a little French. And I often throw dinner parties.
The culinary tradition in my family is very strong. My mother, a very wise woman, spent the better part of her life in a kitchen. It's a very strong part of her identity. I grew up there next to the fire.
I will eat disgusting things, but only those with long established culinary traditions.