"We built this kitchen to be as old-fashioned as possible. All the drawers are from an old library, we have an old parquet floor, also from a library, and the doors are from a school.
"I bought this house about 12 years ago. It took more than six years to do it up. The best thing about the kitchen is the windows with the onion, radish and carrot stained glass. I came across them and thought I just had to incorporate them into the room.
"The cooker is not the world's most efficient, but it fits in so well with the house. It's a lovely kitchen to work in but the cooker is ancient and it's a nightmare when you've got six people for dinner.
"The paint – and this is how trendy I am – is organic paint which means there is no lead in it and it goes on like syrup. This is a house full of smokers so it's good it's got that nicotine look.
"I do cook, but Jackie is a brilliant cook so she never really lets me anywhere near it. Jackie says I'm a good cook but lousy at tidying up. I actually find cooking quite therapeutic, but when you've got such a good chef in the house it's easy to say, 'Oh, go on, cook us some dinner'.
"We entertain quite a lot. We have eight to ten people around for dinner and Jackie goes mad because the cooker is so small. I'm a very good poorer or wine but, I've got to be honest, Jackie always cooks.
"She does this great thing where you chop all the potatoes really finely and fry them with loads of onions and garlic, then chop up bits of bacon and sausage and throw those in. The she puts the lot in a big bowl, cracks a couple of eggs over it and shoves it in the oven. With a steak and a salad on the side, that is real comfort food, especially after a heavy week.
"When Jackie and I met, I was the kind of guy who went to Sainsbury's to buy all those frozen pasta sauces. I love roasts with stuffing and gravy and sausage and mash, although I'll eat anything, me.
"I grew up with West Indian food. All the women in my family are big black mammas who spend their whole lives in the kitchen. Curries used to take about two days to make. I think West Indian food is some of the tastiest food in the world; fried dumplings, salt fish and cake, root and curried goat. When I go and see my family I phone up and say, 'I'm coming over – get the curry on'.
"You have to make the most of the space you've got in a kitchen and I think I've made the most of this space. I like it because it looks warm and cosy. I've always liked that farmhouse thing, where all of life is in the kitchen".