I'm a pretty full-on cook; my first job was in an Italian Restaurant as a Junior Chef

I like to cook using flavours, not especially ingredients. I use things that I know taste a certain way and that I know will taste beautiful with another flavour.

Last thing I cooked for more than myslef was Medailions of Beef wrapped in Pancetta and topped off with A Tomato and Red Wine sauce thing.

Simple flavours, done well - like Jamie Oliver's style I suppose.

My favourite things are Squid, Sirloin Steak, Sea Bass, King Prawns, Chorizo, Pancetta and Sun Dried Tomatoes. Yuuuuuuum.

Try Debanhams, Selfridges or other department stores for a pestle and mortar, or maybe a specialist cookware shop if you have one nearby. Make sure you get a stone one, wooden ones absorb flavours and are a complete sh*t to keep clean.