Chef revelations: Michael Wignall
What was your best subject at school?
Art
What was your first job?
Milk round and paper round
What was your first job in catering? KP while at school
What do you normally have for breakfast?
Shreddies with banana, yogurt, espresso, Berocca
What do you do to relax?
Snowboard in winter, wakeboard in summer, bike all year
Which is your favourite restaurant?
Can Roca
What's your favourite hotel?
The Ritz Paris
What is your favourite drink?
Vintage Champagne
What is your favourite food/cuisine?
Japanese
Which ingredient do you hate the most?
Okra
What flavour combinations to do you detest?
Quince paste and cheese
What do you always carry with you?
Pen and paper
How would you describe your desk?
I don't have one
Which person in catering have you most admired?
Pierre Gagnaire
Which person gave you the greatest inspiration?
Marco on take six cooks
Cast away on a desert island, what luxury would you take?
MasterCraft X-Star and a female driver
What would be your last supper?
Blowfish (fugu)
What daily newspaper/website do you read?
The Times and BBC world news
If not yourself, who would you rather have been? Shaun White
If you had not gone into catering, where do you think you would be now?
A warmer place
Describe your ultimate nightmare?
Working on an American cruise ship
When and where was your last holiday?
Tell us a secret…
I'm not the best at attending HOD meetings
What irritates you most about the industry? The lack of quality coming into the industry
When did you last eat a hamburger?
Last year in America
What's your favourite film?
Midnight Express
Who would play you in a film about your life?
Willem Dafoe
What's your favourite music?
Ryuichi Sakamoto
