You have to control your own destiny and make your own choices. — John Torode Choices Copy Share Image
Few people think about the Top End of Australia as a travel destination. — John Torode Australia Copy Share Image
My second marriage to Jessica just fell apart. It was nothing to do with restaurants. — John Torode Marriage Copy Share Image
My nanna was an extraordinary lady, and a good old-fashioned cook. She'd just be pottering around, cooking dinner for 25 people on… — John Torode Cooking Copy Share Image
I have no qualms with people who want to be vegetarians; it's just foolish. They are missing out on the best things… — John Torode Copy Share Image
People think the restaurant industry is hard and takes no prisoners, but so does baking, so does retail and so does bus… — John Torode Baking Copy Share Image
That's one of the things that concerns me - vegan steak or whatever. It is a hard terminology thing, because what are… — John Torode Copy Share Image
I got quite into Spam once, in Korea. On their Thanksgiving, they give boxes of it to their friends. I fry it… — John Torode Copy Share Image
The weekend is all about teaching the children life skills and getting them out in all weathers. — John Torode Copy Share Image
Men and women are not the same in the kitchen. Women tend to be uninhibited and instinctive. Men are inconsistent, egotistical show-offs. — John Torode Copy Share Image
Start with the basics: make pancakes, boil an egg, make toast. Get the kids used to getting a bit of toast and… — John Torode Basics Copy Share Image
When you grow up in a family where you have lost a parent, everybody joins together to instil the correct values in… — John Torode Family Copy Share Image
My kind of cooking is not a single style - French, Asian, Australasian or British - it's not modern, old-fashioned or classic;… — John Torode British Copy Share Image
The food I had as a child was not complicated, but by heck it was tasty. My Nanna's cauliflower cheese was awesome,… — John Torode Copy Share Image
I want people to throw on a hat, head out into the outback and see the real Australia. You can do it… — John Torode Australia Copy Share Image
What I'm trying to do as an Australian is to say to people, 'You've got to go back out to Australia,' because… — John Torode Australia Copy Share Image
My food hero would be someone like Elizabeth David, because I think what she did for Britain was amazing. Also David Thompson,… — John Torode Amazing Copy Share Image
Sydney has the world's best swimming pool. Walk through the Botanical Gardens and you come to the Andrew 'Boy' Charlton Pool on… — John Torode Copy Share Image
There is no way in the world that a vacuum cleaner will ever be obsolete - they use them for swimming pools,… — John Torode Copy Share Image
Markets have long been at the centre of communities, not just somewhere to drop in and grab a bag of groceries, but… — John Torode Copy Share Image
Cooking is a great leveller. You can be a sports star, an actor, an entrepreneur, anything, but cooking strips it all away. — John Torode Actor Copy Share Image
I have to admit to not being a great turkey fan unless they come from Paul Kelly at Kelly Turkeys. — John Torode Copy Share Image
If you go to a restaurant and you go with people you like, your food will always taste really good. — John Torode Food Copy Share Image
You can't blame another person for your world being different - or things like divorce. It gets right on my goat when… — John Torode Being different Copy Share Image
MasterChef's' about real people and for real people. It's aspirational and inspirational. There's nothing snobbish about it. — John Torode Food Copy Share Image
Pumpkin and nutmeg tarts are a small, sweet version of the classic tart, a combination that is a particular favourite of mine. — John Torode Copy Share Image
Cooking steak is a joy because it is a terrific piece of meat that has great flavour whether it is grilled or… — John Torode Cooking Copy Share Image
I cooked, which was pretty un-Australian. And I didn't really like Australian music... I preferred the New Romantics and punk and stuff… — John Torode Australian Copy Share Image
I love the island of Majorca. I love the beach at Cala Ratjada, which is on the far side of the island… — John Torode Beach Copy Share Image
Cutting out meat or fish I could maybe just about manage - living without either? I can't see myself doing that ever,… — John Torode Fish Copy Share Image
I ate some really amazing food in Thailand. I had river turtle, and dried rat, which was quite chewy and interesting and… — John Torode Amazing Copy Share Image
Under-mature beef with no fat through the meat will be a dry and tasteless disappointment and you will get little yield from… — John Torode Copy Share Image
Marriage is a very difficult thing and sometimes everyone can be a bit stubborn; it is what it is. — John Torode Copy Share Image
The most used thing I have is my wok. I prefer it to a pan or pot. It is my wonder. They're… — John Torode Copy Share Image
My worst flight was with the Indonesian carrier Garuda from Australia to Bali, which was just awful. — John Torode Australia Copy Share Image
Sunday lunch should be about sociability, about conversation, about general stimulation and the education of the youth. — John Torode Communication Copy Share Image
When I'm on holiday I want to clear my head and I found Marrakech too 'in your face' and busy. — John Torode Copy Share Image
On Christmas morning breakfast is always thick slices of ham, thick white toast, butter and pepper - oh and a glass of… — John Torode Copy Share Image
