100 Quotes by Rick Stein

I've always been pushy as far as the business goes.

If a recipe is good, I'm not going to mess with it, but they are recipes I've spent quite a bit of time getting right. You can use the internet. I use it as well, I keep forgetting, for example, how many eggs are in a Yorkshire pudding.

I always had a slight problem in that my older brother is extremely bright. He's a neurophysiologist and a don at Magdalen College, and I always felt I was stupid because I couldn't get anything like the same results as him.

I do think there is continuing sense in people buying recipe books from somebody they trust.

I suppose I've got a restlessness about me which is only alleviated by travel and I like being on the road.

Most of the telly I do only has one camera and the reason you have to cook it twice is you have a close-up, so you see what is happening really close up and then you have a wide shot, which is like standing back so you see the whole fish and the kitchen and, like it or not, you have to do it twice.

It's nice to see some fresh herrings on the fish stand.

On the whole Im a good companion, I like travelling, I dont mind airports or planes, I quite like it - theres always a sense of excitement.

To me theres nothing nicer than a pan-fried sole and some fresh salad, keep it simple.