I wrote a mad, passionate letter to the best restaurant in the UK, Le Gavroche in London, and asked if I could work for them. They gave me a job as a dishwasher (Colin laughs). For me that was a joy because I had a foot in the door of this world class restaurant. Just being around the buzz and… — Paul Rankin Copy Share
In cooking I found my mentor in this great chef, Albert Roux. I think this is a very important thing in life,… — Paul Rankin Copy Share Image
This is wonderful for a young person, no matter what profession they're in. When you can see something and you can feel… — Paul Rankin Copy Share Image
Part of being a great restaurant chef is having an ability to bring all those people together, rather like a captain on a rugby field or a coach. It's also being a great teacher, because I'm only one person in a kitchen of 10 and I need to be able to bring all those people together and to teach them.… — Paul Rankin Copy Share
The thing that gave me most pride about it was to see the smiles and the pride on my staff's faces, because a restaurant… — Paul Rankin Copy Share Image
There are many different types of people that end up coming to me and saying 'Yeah I want to cook.' Some of them successful, some not. There's no one formula, but if I get someone coming through the backdoor who knows that they want to get into the cooking field, they feel this inside-out love for it, this attraction to… — Paul Rankin Copy Share
Being a sport star and a chef both require passion, commitment, work and natural ability. — Paul Rankin Copy Share Image
You had to work tremendously hard. You had to have that commitment to training, you had to have that innate ability. It's similar in… — Paul Rankin Copy Share Image
There's a layer of satisfaction that I get from cooking that is more than the work itself. I think when you're too competitive sometimes… — Paul Rankin Copy Share Image
Some people who see cooking as a job. They got into cooking at some stage and they're sort of ticking along trying to get the money together to buy the car to impress the girlfriend and you know they're doing their job, but some of these people one day, all of a sudden it becomes wonderfully exciting to them. They… — Paul Rankin Copy Share
It really helps if you've got something like cycling, walking, running or swimming that can let your body release all that tension and keep… — Paul Rankin Copy Share Image
A great cook is made from having a great sense of hospitality and trying to make people happy. Then there's natural talent. Perhaps you… — Paul Rankin Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think you can lose the joy in what you do. It becomes a sense of 'I've got to beat him, I've got… — Paul Rankin Copy Share Image
The work element comes into it as well - how much you train and how much work you put into your craft, in the… — Paul Rankin Copy Share Image
What often separates the good from the great is a layer of innate ability, a gift, so it's partly that. There's many people with… — Paul Rankin Copy Share Image
