Quotes from Dave Myers

It's funny how much of the 'old times' are still rooted in modern America.

I find that quite amusing - I used to get Deborah Kerr her sausage rolls.

I used to love scrambled eggs when I was a little boy.

Of the pair of us, I'm the one who'll go out and have dinner, and Si's the one who'll go out dancing.

It was quite weird when we met, because we were both the ones who cooked in our own groups. When I was married, I did the cooking at home, same as Si did. It was like a parallel universe. We were both born hungry, weren't we?

We're not parochial people.

We looked back on what we used to eat and thought, 'That's not cool.' We had to move with the times and that meant we had to shed weight and not get sick.

I said to my wife, did you ever dream that one day you'd be married to a man who's got his face on a bag of crisps?

With an old broom handle, flour, water and egg you can make the most amazing pasta.

Christmas food is a big part of our life.

We're always asked the same three questions. If we're on our own we get, 'Where's your mate, then?' If we're in a car it's, 'Where's your bike, then?' And if you're having a meal, we get, 'You're not cooking, then?'

Lionel Blair came bouncing up once and said, 'I love you two.'

I like Paul Smith suits and he told me he didn't do suits for fat blokes, so it was my aim to get into one of those.

I have had with conversations with Mark Benton and Ben Cohen - three fellas sitting with a pint discussing the cha-cha-cha and the correct leg position for a foxtrot.

We were filming in America and I noticed we were casting shadows like Walnut Whips! The sensible thing to do was go on a diet, so we started rewriting recipes and we're better cooks because of it.

I always lose weight by cutting all the carbs out.

Instead of a sandwich, you're much better off enjoying a delicious and filling supper of around 400 calories - and that will see you right through until bedtime.

I was something of a surprise to my parents. My mum, Margaret, was 42 when she had me and had been told she couldn't have children. So when she went to the doctors, they thought she had an ovarian cyst. And it was me!

The Mojave Desert was plus 50. Now, I've cooked duck eggs at 50 degrees celsius. You can imagine what it's like on a bike.

I love sushi!

At this market in Tel Aviv, we put together a mezze platter and we had Syrian, Iraqi, Bulgarian, Venezuelan, Iranian, all doing something very different with chicken. All these different cultures had taken the same product and made this fantastic cuisine, it was very exciting.

I still want a curry on a Friday night and maybe a steak and kidney pudding at the weekend but not all the time.

A haggis maker in Dumfries called Stuart Houston was one of my favourite ports of call - we made some lovely haggis tempura.

It's great to be able to buy normal-sized jeans and watching the pounds fall off, but I do miss drink and I do miss cheese!