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You'll never see an Italian go on a diet.
I get asked for cooking tips all the time.
With me and my family, we have nothing to hide.
I'd love everyone to try authentic Italian food.
I think every lady wishes their husband would cook.
It was totally insane doing goat yoga in San Francisco.
Food should be simple, colorful and accessible to everybody.
We Italians respect food and ingredients more than anyone else.
I was a boy, so I decided to get married and then I will be a man.
When I decide something, I have to do something to make it happen.
Naples is famous for its handmade ties so I always buy them there.
I'm the type of person who doesn't do television just for the sake of it.
The best place to go in Italy for a summer holiday is the island of Sardinia.
I don't care about flowers or chocolates or anything like that, that's not me.
I never tried to convince my wife to move to Italy. She wouldn't have liked that.
I tell everybody that you haven't lived a good life if you haven't made a mistake.
I love Manchester. It's a super-cool city and its famous rain is part of the charm.
I spent a week of my honeymoon on a cruise ship and it was a nightmare. Never again.
If you want to go for a romantic break, or a quick break in Italy, it has to be Venice.
Get on with your life and learn to become a better man and that's the way I live my life.
One thing we don't have in Italy is the culture of Chinese, Indian, French and Thai food.
My wife is a very clever woman. She knows when to say something and when to bite her tongue.
I always go back to Italy for holidays because I live half my life on the island of Sardinia.
Every summer I sail to a small island called Cavallo, which lies between Sardinia and Corsica.
My favorite pizza is the real Neapolitan - Italian sausage, friarielli, mozzarella and chilli.
I have a nap every afternoon like a little boy. Or an old man. Depending on how you look at it.
I understood food from a very early age. I understood the combination of ingredients very early.
A lot of food shows are people wanting to become celebrities, rather than encouraging people to cook.
There is a huge misconception that you need to spend hours in the kitchen to produce something special.
If you've ever wondered what it's like to be with me in the pub or a club, just watch 'Celebrity Juice.'
The problem many people have with Italian food is they over-complicate it. Italian food is extremely simple.
The secret of making a mistake is not to regret it, or regret it until a certain point, but to learn from it.
I get lots of female attention on social media and some of it is disgusting. But my wife doesn't really care.
In the D'Acampo family we have pancakes with banana and chocolate sauce for breakfast every Sunday, no matter what.
A key rule for every cook should be not to buy food when it's out of season because it's expensive and tastes awful.
I had never seen an avocado until I came to London in 1994. They just weren't a feature of southern Italian cuisine.
People panic in the kitchen and they don't need to. The first thing to do is to open a nice bottle of wine and relax.
Venice is incredible. Although you may have seen it in pictures, you can't grasp how beautiful it is until you visit.
I always travel with my iPod and I've never read a book in my life. It makes me tired; my brain is not set up for reading.
But my wife doesn't often allow me to cook in our kitchen at home. She says that I'm messy and I don't clean up after myself!
Rushing around my restaurants and doing a lot of walking when I film in Italy and a bit of swimming and running keeps me thin.
Italian wines don't have to be expensive to be good. It is absolutely ridiculous that people feel that have to spend a fortune.
As far as Italian ingredients, I always have one of those plants of fresh basil in the house, and some mozzarella in the fridge.
There's no point spending every day with the kids and not talking to each other. I'd rather spend one very intense day together.
I had wanted to be a dentist, but ended up being a chef. I think I've always had a fascination for jobs that have white jackets.
Always buy dry pasta, not fresh. 90 percent of Italians use dried pasta as it keeps its al dente shape more perfectly when cooked.
My worst buy has always been cars and boats. I used to own two Ferraris, but as much as they're beautiful, they're a waste of money.
I have wonderful memories of growing up on a farm with chickens running all around in the small southern Italian town of Torre del Greco.
I'm a great believer in telling my children about turning my life around and I work a lot with younger teenagers when they are in trouble.
We have a big garden; there's a swimming pool, and we keep chickens. I love them. I love getting up in the morning and collecting the eggs.