What was your favourite food as a child? My grandmother’s home-made ravioli served in a chicken broth.At what age did you start cooking? I started at around four, helping my Italian grandmother make the ravioli. My grandparents lived in a small village at the foothills of the mou...

As the executive chef at the prestigious Gidleigh Park in Devon, director of Abode Hotels and Michael Caines Restaurants, MBE recipient, television chef, charity patron and father-of-two it would be quite fair to say that two Michelin-starred chef

arrived in England and found out how huge Christmas is. As a child, my family didn’t celebrate Christmas, although as Algeria is a former French colony, we had holidays from school. 

Sauerkraut is what we usually eat on Christmas Day. We spend

to the age where I could teach myself to cook, I did.”Who do you think is the better chef, you or your mother? “My mother definitely [laughs]. We have very different styles. My cooking background is classical, with lots of stocks and sauces, whereas my mother

, because I think it’s what they’re so used to. But they always have an opinion on the food they eat – they are mini critics in the making. .There’s a real celebrity scene among chefs these days. Do you meet up often with fellow fathers, Gordon Ramsay

family business?We often talk about Ella’s Kitchen at home as it’s a big part of our family.  They are both too young to know what they want to do and be when they’re bigger – all Alison, my wife and I hope is that they find something they are passionate

’re talking about mega effects on health, environmental and social factors.Are any golden rules that parents should follow?Don’t devaluate food. Understand how it connects with everything else, and try to pass that on to your child. Parents may need to re