The chef, 52, on teenage cook’s tunnel vision, learning to say thank you to his staff and cooking egg tarts for the Queen, which thankfully she liked
Photograph: Alun Callender/Camera PressPhotograph: Alun Callender/Camera Pressabsent at home, he had no work-life balance. It gave me a work ethic like you wouldn’t believe as a student and worker. But I vowed that if I ever brought children into the world, I would be part of their lives. Dad retired, turned around, and found his kids were grown up. I never wanted that realisation.a loner who did his own thing. I went to catering college, worked hard and flourished.
didn’t come naturally to me, and chefs aren’t sent to management training courses. I had my own Michelin-starred kitchen at 25, but it took a long time to learn how to run a team and kitchen.mistakes, rather than what they’d done well, was an awful trait of mine for too long. I’d forget to say good job or thank you, but always pointed out people’s flaws and problems. Focusing on my weaknesses was how I learned and improved, but most people don’t enjoy decimation.
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