David Dorricott

David Dorricott, executive chef at the House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, reveals all

1. Cast away on a desert island, what luxury would you take?

Krug Champagne

2. What was your first job in catering?

Commis at a restaurant in Stratford-on-Avon

3. What do you normally have for breakfast?

Tea

4. What do you do to relax?

Walk, then walk some more

5. What is your idea of a perfect day off?

Good weather, good food, good company

6. What is the best advice you have ever been given?

If you worry, you die. If you don't worry you die anyway, so why worry

7. Which person gave you the greatest inspiration?

Professionally, Peter Kromberg

8. When did you last cry, and why?

Tears of laughter at a joke

9. What two words best describe you?

Organised, reliable

10. If not yourself, who would you rather have been?

Jackie Stewart

11. What ingredient do you most detest?

Angelica

12. Tell us a secret

You must be joking

13. What time do you get up/go to bed on a working day?

Get up at 5.40am and go to bed between 11pm-midnight

14. Can you count to 10 in than more one language, and if so, which?

French, German, Afrikaans

15. What irritates you most about hotels?

Arrogance, snobbishness

16. What is the most unusual food you have ever eaten and where did you eat it?

Wildebeest, South Africa

17. Name one thing you could not do without

A brain (no comments, Brian Turner)

18. Name your all-time favourite music record

My Way sung by Frank Sinatra

19. What is your ideal holiday?

Skiing

20. Who would you most like to be stuck in a lift with?

Depends on how long for…

21. What is the most frightening thing you have ever had to do?

Parachuting second time around