Chef revelations: Frederick Forster, head chef, Boundary, London

What was your best subject at school?
Geography

 

What was your first job? Cleaning fridges at Marks & Spencer on Sunday mornings

 

What was your first job in catering? Part-time job at Ménage à Trois

 

What do you normally have for breakfast? Yogurt, honey and prunes

 

What do you do to relax? I play basketball with my son Taiga (a future professional player)

 

What is your favourite cuisine? Japanese

 

What do you always carry with you? A photograph of my son

 

Tell us a secret… I used to be a model

 

Which person in catering have you most admired? Raymond Blanc

 

Which person gave you the greatest inspiration? My mother

 

What would be your last supper? Fresh crab salad to start and rib eye as the main

 

What is your favourite drink? Lemon and honey with hot water

 

If not yourself, who would you rather have been? Kobe Bryant, an NBA player

 

If you had not gone into catering, where do you think you would be now? Hollywood

 

What irritates you most about the industry? Poor TV chefs

 

What's your favourite film? Coach Carter

 

When did you last eat a hamburger? About eight years ago

 

Who would play you in a film about your life? Will Smith

 

What is your favourite prepared food product? I do like a Jaffa Cake once in a while

 

If you had more time, what would you do? Devote myself to my son's future dreams

 

When and where was your last holiday? I went to Dubai last year

 

Who would be in your fantasy brigade? Raymond Blanc, Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons; Simon Rogan, L'enclume; Simon Holmes, Liverpool; Taiga Forster, home cook