EMOTIONAL TIES Jason Atherton talks treasured dollar bills a keepsake kettle and living the cuisine dream - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity EMOTIONAL TIES Jason Atherton talks treasured dollar bills a keepsake kettle and living the cuisine dream By You Magazine - December 23, 2018 Michelin-starred chef Jason Atherton talks treasured dollar bills, a keepsake kettle and living the cuisine dream. Gemma Day Gemma Day Subconsciously, the word ‘Michelin’ has been like the rudder that has kept my boat on course. Four of my restaurants now have Michelin stars and we try our best every day to cook to perfection. This Michelin Man was from a little vintage shop in Grasse, France. Gemma Day For a chef, a knife is an extension of your arm – much like a racquet is for a tennis player. I bought this in Florence five years ago. It’s made from a special carbon steel and has a brass weight in the back, so when you chop it has a natural movement. Gemma Day I’ve been a huge fan of [top US chef] Thomas Keller my whole life. He chose me to cook dinner with him for a documentary he did in the States. Over there, it’s a tradition that you can’t work for free so he gave me this dollar. I asked him to sign it as a memento. Gemma Day My daughter Keziah painted this for my office. She’d been inspired by Monet. We’re quite a creative family and it was the first time I saw it shine through in her. It was like, ‘Woah!’ I want my girls to be creative because it opens up a new world of imagination. Gemma Day Dining in France was my first-ever cookbook. It cost £12.95 from WH Smith in Skegness – a lot of money back in 1987 – and I saved up to buy it. I remember saying to myself, ‘If I want to do this for the rest of my life, I’m going to get really good at it.’ Gemma Day We dressed our daughters as chefs for a photo session I booked while we were in the Philippines. This is my favourite photo of them because it’s part of who I am. Keziah, now 13, is a delicate flower but Jemimah, seven, is feisty – she could be a chef! Gemma Day Pollen Street: The Cookbook is my life’s work and I’m so proud of it. In it, I talk about the history of my restaurant Pollen Street Social and what I’ve achieved. I hope that a young chef might pick it up and say to themselves: ‘I want to cook like this.’ That’s the dream. Gemma Day This old Iranian kettle was the first significant thing my wife Irha and I bought together when we met 18 years ago. I asked her out six times, and she finally said yes. She had just moved into my apartment in Dubai. It’s been in the family ever since. Interview by Emily Hill Jason’s new TV series The Brigade will be on BBC2 next year. To find out more about his restaurants, go to jasonatherton.co.uk RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved