Chef revelations: Sean Burbidge, head chef, Petrus, London

What was your best subject at school?
Maths

 

What do you normally have for breakfast? Crunchy Nut cornflakes and a cappuccino

 

What's your favourite restaurant? El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain

 

What's your favourite hotel? Le Bristol, Paris

 

What's your favourite drink? Hendrick's and tonic

 

What's your favourite cuisine? French

 

Which person in catering have you most admired? Thomas Keller

 

What's your favourite film? Top Gun

 

Which person gave you the greatest inspiration? Gordon Ramsay

 

Who would you invite to your dream dinner party? Just David Attenborough

 

Which ingredient do you hate the most? Sea urchin

 

What would be your last supper? My mum's lasagne

 

If not yourself, who would you rather have been? Jonny Wilkinson

 

If you hadn't gone into catering, where do you think you'd be now? Working with animals

 

When did you last eat a hamburger? A couple of months ago at Bar Boulud

 

Tell us a secret… I am studying to get my WSET advanced Wine and Spirits award

 

What irritates you most about the industry? Everyone wants to be a celebrity

 

What flavour combinations do you detest? Cream in coffee

 

Who would play you in a film about your life? Nicolas Cage

 

What's your favourite book? Marco Pierre White's White Heat

 

Who would be in your fantasy brigade?