I am very snobby. My family is Orthodox so I would never go to a Reform rabbi. - Giles Coren

My dad was undeniably famous when I was a kid — he was on Wogan and Clive James and the radio every week, but as far as I was concerned he wasn’t famous enough. My best friend was Ben Brooke-Taylor. His dad Tim was in The Goodies — that was famous.

The Jewish religion has it completely right in maintaining you should think very carefully about what you eat.

I get so excited when I know I’m going to a good restaurant, then, when I do the review, I write myself up into such a frenzy that I have to go out and eat all over again.