Chef Revelations – Nigel Boschetti
What was your best subject at school? Biology
What was your first job? Washing up in a fish and chip restaurant
What was your first job in catering? Apprentice chef at the Carlton Tower
What do you normally have for breakfast? Bran flakes
What do you do to relax? Spend time with family and friends
What is your favourite restaurant? JW Steakhouse
What is your favourite hotel? Birkenhead House, Hermanus, South Africa
What is your favourite drink? Rioja
What is your favourite food/cuisine? Seafood/Italian
Which ingredient do you hate the most? Cottage cheese
What do you always carry with you? My music
Which person in catering have you most admired? Anton Mosimann
Which person gave you the greatest inspiration? Peter Kromberg
What daily newspaper/website do you read? Sky news website
What is your favourite prepared food product? Branston Pickle
If not yourself, who would you rather have been? No one; I'm happy being me
If you had not gone into catering, where do you think you'd be now? Probably a mechanic, but I would have hated it
Who would play you in a film about your life? Brad Pitt
Describe your ultimate nightmare Menus on the table for a large event being different to the menu we have prepared
What irritates you most about the industry? Pretentious people
What's your favourite music? The Stone Roses
Who'd be in your fantasy brigade? Mark Bannon - Langham, Hong Kong; Jean-Georges Vongerichten - New York; Claire Clark; Adam Newell - Zibibo, New Zealand
If you had more time, what would you do? Travel the world
Nigel Boschetti is executive chef of Grosvenor House, London
