now!). What did you have for school dinners? All I remember fondly about school dinners were the sponge puddings (and custard). Do you have any cooking heroes? Has to be Delia Smith. My Mum used her cooking books of the 70s and 80s obsessively and I

. Still I showed them how to cook an egg and how to do a little omelette – simple food.What inspirited you to start La Petite Ecole?We’ve been doing the cooking school for seven years now. It was the first business to actively encourage children

really can get off to a flying start.Take that pragmatic approach, however, and there are measures you can take to give yourself the best chance of a pleasurable flight. Find out what facilities – priority boarding, buggy storage – are likely

What’s your earliest food memory? The breast of my mother. What foods did you like and dislike as a child? There were no foods that I can remember disliking. All my mother’s food was delicious. What did you eat for school dinners? My mother used

in because of my allergy. I felt guilty about him, especially when it was cold or raining. But he didn't look sad or poor at all. He was even plump and looked happy. (I am sure he has a lot of places to visit and get fed.) Probably because of him I started

bottle that celebrates the female form.From the start, it was the young Jean Paul Gaultier’s passion and precocious talent that got him noticed. Despite never receiving any formal fashion training, the enterprising young Gaultier sent a selection of his

as possible. Cook School is full of easy recipes that children like to cook and it’s this sort of food that my children like making. Whenever we are on school holidays, the children like to choose recipes tthey each want to cook – these include Lola’s sweets

Let’s start with the obvious question. Are you the wimpy kid? I think in the worst ways I’m the wimpy kid. Greg is the sum of my worst parts. I was more of an average kid. I had my good moments and I had had my bad, and the bad are captured in Greg

Where did the inspiration for Claude come from? Claude started as a doodle in my sketchbook. I wanted to create a picture to brighten up the kitchen in the house I was living in at the time. I drew a little dog in a beret sipping a hot chocolate

What was your first job? I was lucky to get a job straight from Nottingham Trent Polytechnic with Next. I went for an interview there and started work as a pattern cutter and designer. Working as a pattern cutter is a skill I’m really proud to have