'If we're shooting, my day will start in Los Angeles. I stagger out of bed at about 8.30am; I'm not a morning person at all. I live in a nice complex. It has a beautiful pool and I go straight there for a swim. It's a two-pronged attack as it gives me some exercise and the cold water wakes me up. That's followed pretty sharply by a strong coffee; I'm a big coffee drinker. Fresh fruit is how I kick off the day food-wise. I'm a grazer - I eat all day - so it's the start of a lot of eating.
My assistant will come and pick me up and we'll go to the set. We usually roll up at about 10am to the car park of a grocery store. It could be anywhere; we don't find out until the week before. We'll meet the crew - it's a funny situation because there are about 20 people just standing there in a parking lot but we've got to be discreet because we don't want anyone to know what's going on.
I go to the trailer and get my make-up done, which is always interesting for a chef. It's weird. You live your life in a kitchen, working with a bunch of blokes - it's quite a macho industry - then you find yourself getting your make-up done every day.
We have producers who stand in front of the supermarket and ask people going in whether they're willing to be filmed. Legally we have to - you know America. If they're up for it we'll tie a ribbon to their shopping cart but we don't tell them what the show actually is. We'll start rolling the tape at about 11am
and I'll walk into the store with the crew following me.
I wander up to people, try and get them by surprise.