Your death row meal would be...
Starter: onion bhajis, samosas, fish tikka. Main: old school chicken tikka masala, saag lamb, lamb vindaloo, pilau rice, naan bread, Bombay potatoes. Dessert: ras malai, cheese and biscuits, Montgomery's cheddar, Mrs Kirkham's Lancashire and some really good chutneys. Start with Champagne for drinks, Kingfisher lager, and finish with a few old fashioneds... Not that I have thought about that ever.
The thing you still can't make is...
I'm not the best bread maker. I'm competent rather than confident really. I'm inconsistent with it, it's frustrating. I don't make it very often so when I do, I don't think I'm experienced enough with it.
Your favourite store-cupboard essential has to be...
Rose water, it's brilliant, just a drop of it in curries or tagines or lamb curries, and it's brilliant in desserts too. If you just put a little bit of rose water on strawberries it makes them taste absolutely incredible. Just a tiny little drop. Vinegars are also a good thing for opening your taste buds out in savoury dishes.
The kitchen utensil you couldn't live without has to be...
One good knife is all that you need – a nine-inch chef's knife is an absolute essential. And a grater is used all the time – you zest things, you grate chocolate.
If you get hungry late at night, the snack you'll reach for is...
Cheese and biscuits. I would go cheddar, Jacob's cream crackers and Branston pickle, I'm in heaven.
You like your eggs...
Poached or fried.
Your favourite childhood dinner was...
I used to like roast beef that was boil in the bag with tinned potatoes and frozen carrots and peas. My mum would be horrified because she's a really great cook and basically, I had it at my friend's house, and she's horrified that I have said that to people before. My mum's lasagne is the best is the world because she uses cottage cheese instead of a white sauce.
Last night you had...
A chicken and kale salad with pomegranates and pecans.
If you're ordering takeout, it has to be...
Indian food, always Indian food.
Your ultimate hangover cure is...
Salt and vinegar crisps, a banana and an Eccles cake. You get sugar, salt and potassium which are good for hangovers.
You cannot stomach...
Tripe. Disgusting.
:: The Sunday Brunch Cookbook by Simon Rimmer and Tim Lovejoy, photography by Dan Jones, is out now, published by Ebury Press (£20).
