and cultures the more historical british food is the opposite of boring a real fusion of cultures maybe the last 60 years werent our finest hours you have over 60 restaurants 20 books a cookware range and a digital food channel are you as sharp in business as you are in the kitchen i dont think i am a very good businessman at all i have a good instinct what ive tried to do is to build a team around me in the last 20 years and grow a business with heart and soul and to develop a slightly different agenda to whats available in food although were not perfect i think we are an incredibly unusual food business that operates and expresses itself in exciting ways how is jamies italian in delhi going to be different from the restaurants in britain whenever we go to a different country our aim is to embrace the local produce and incorporate it into our style obviously jamies is about comfort food the way weve adjusted it for delhi is by taking out the beef and adding a lot more vegetarian dishes and pizza which we dont normally have at jamies italian in the uk aside from the restaurants i am hoping to produce a tv show and a book on indian food im discussing it with my team and the people who commission the programmes we make and were creating a plan on how to do it how to go around the country and try and tell the story to a global community in the best way