100 Quotes by John Torode

We're all so busy we don't make time to enjoy our lives, good company and good food.

Sunday morning is time to slob around and perhaps go swimming.

Cooking is a great leveller. You can be a sports star, an actor, an entrepreneur, anything, but cooking strips it all away.

MasterChef's' about real people and for real people. It's aspirational and inspirational. There's nothing snobbish about it.

I got quite into Spam once, in Korea. On their Thanksgiving, they give boxes of it to their friends. I fry it in batter with herbs wrapped around.

People sometimes forget that Sydney is a harbour and it's the ferries that make it unique.

The culinary world is a fascinating place that has been influenced over the centuries by culture, religion, fashion, war, art, science and, more recently, globalisation.

I like to reactivate my body after a long journey by getting the sun in my eyes.

My nanna was an extraordinary lady, and a good old-fashioned cook. She'd just be pottering around, cooking dinner for 25 people on a wood-fired stove without a problem.