We are stronger as a group than an individual. Think in a cooperative and communal way, set up local food hubs and create growing communities.

My food hero has to be Auguste Escoffier. And the villain? The man who's been most responsible for the death of food in my time is Ronald McDonald. He's always scared me, I think he's evil - he's a wolf in sheep's clothing. Him and the Hamburglar.

Supermarkets don't really sustain a community, and they completely remove people from the food chain.

I'm a chef, I'm a cook, I was created by this industry, and I like to think I'm giving back. But I'm not giving back because I can make a scallop souffle, I'm giving back because I can make compost.

It's really important to teach people how to get food, how to grow it, how to pick it, how to prepare it and what's safe to eat.

If people grow things themselves, their children understand, then schools in the area know that this community's generating something with its own energy, to consume.