Few people think about the Top End of Australia as a travel destination.

Few people think about the Top End of Australia as a travel destination.

I'm an Australian - I grew up in Melbourne and Sydney - but as a kid you don't learn much about the Kimberley.

I'm an Australian - I grew up in Melbourne and Sydney - but as a kid you don't learn much about the Kimberley.

I cooked, which was pretty un-Australian. And I didn't really like Australian music... I preferred the New Romantics and punk and stuff like that.

I cooked, which was pretty un-Australian. And I didn't really like Australian music... I preferred the New Romantics and punk and stuff like that.

My food hero would be someone like Elizabeth David, because I think what she did for Britain was amazing. Also David Thompson, an Australian chef who does Thai food and really understands the basis of it, has always been very inspiring.

My food hero would be someone like Elizabeth David, because I think what she did for Britain was amazing. Also David Thompson, an Australian chef who does Thai food and really understands the basis of it, has always been very inspiring.

Let's be honest, we all love a roast, but Sunday lunch could be a huge plate of salade nicoise; it could be eggs benedict; it could be a barbecue. The important thing is you're making an effort, and you're all together.

Let's be honest, we all love a roast, but Sunday lunch could be a huge plate of salade nicoise; it could be eggs benedict; it could be a barbecue. The important thing is you're making an effort, and you're all together.

MasterChef's' about real people and for real people. It's aspirational and inspirational. There's nothing snobbish about it.

MasterChef's' about real people and for real people. It's aspirational and inspirational. There's nothing snobbish about it.

You can't blame another person for your world being different - or things like divorce. It gets right on my goat when people don't take responsibility.

You can't blame another person for your world being different - or things like divorce. It gets right on my goat when people don't take responsibility.

Markets have long been at the centre of communities, not just somewhere to drop in and grab a bag of groceries, but a hub, a meeting place, and always a place to stop and eat.

Markets have long been at the centre of communities, not just somewhere to drop in and grab a bag of groceries, but a hub, a meeting place, and always a place to stop and eat.

Cutting out meat or fish I could maybe just about manage - living without either? I can't see myself doing that ever, ever, ever.

Cutting out meat or fish I could maybe just about manage - living without either? I can't see myself doing that ever, ever, ever.

If you go to a restaurant and you go with people you like, your food will always taste really good.

If you go to a restaurant and you go with people you like, your food will always taste really good.

I like to reactivate my body after a long journey by getting the sun in my eyes.

I like to reactivate my body after a long journey by getting the sun in my eyes.

Restaurant kitchens are highly pressurised environments, with lots of young men, and that means one thing: testosterone. It's not brutal - it's military. It is regimented, tough. People are put into compartments and have to do exactly what they're told or the whole thing falls apart.

Restaurant kitchens are highly pressurised environments, with lots of young men, and that means one thing: testosterone. It's not brutal - it's military. It is regimented, tough. People are put into compartments and have to do exactly what they're told or the whole thing falls apart.