In his own words, TV chef Ainsley Harriott, shares the lessons in life he has learned along the way... Believe in your dreams and never give up. You don’t have to be the brightest or brainiest in life, but come up with a plan and then follow it.
At 18 I made a decision to leave school. But I didn’t just walk out, I’d spent the summer with an amazing French family on the Île de Ré and instinctively knew I wanted to get into cooking.
As soon as I began meeting all these chefs behind the scenes, seeing them drink coffee and listening to their banter as they smoked cigarettes, I immediately felt at home. I always craved attention as a child, and I still do. My mum affectionately called me her ‘little Puda’ and friends I’ve known all my life say
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