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S5, Ep1 How to Fail: Nigel Slater

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

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The Importance of Being a Chef

I just always wanted to cook and I never thought of anything else. And at the time, that meant being a chef. From the moment that chef's uniform went on, I realized it was a mistake. When I went out into the big white world, when I went on my roving apprenticeship, I started in the most magical environment. We were allowed to cook in our jeans and t-shirts and an apron. I was cooking with the most wonderful woman I've ever been in love with. But I was so happy - well, if this restaurant's like parrot, then I'm a chef. It felt so wrong to me. Cooking was about feeding people. It

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