Quotes from Adriano Zumbo

Salt is a more-ish sort of thing. But it can be a bad thing if there's too much salt. It's awful.

When I was 19, I began work at a French sourdough bakery in Balmain.

Inspiration is everywhere - life, travel, childhood, nature - it depends on how you see it, how you can absorb the inspiration, and it depends on how your mind thinks. It could be a pattern on the floor that may be the next pattern I put on a cake, it just depends upon how you take it, when you're seeing it and what you're looking for.

I couldn't pay attention to a novel; I'd get three pages in and couldn't remember what it was about.

I love a good burger, and when I was brainstorming pies, I thought, hey - burgers and pies are both perfect for eating out of your hands.

I'm someone who's easily bored.

I'll put a 25-kilogram bag of sugar over each shoulder and run up the stairs with them when we're loading ingredients that have been delivered, and I'll hold 25-kilogram blocks of butter at shoulder height to build arm strength as well.

There is sugar in everything. It doesn't matter what you eat in life, there is sugar in it.

I love raw caster sugar. It's a bit more earthy than white sugar, especially for cakes.

I do the odd pie, or quiche or sausage roll.

I eat cake every day.

I eat around 6 handfuls of 65 percent and up cocoa mass content chocolate each day.

I love chocolate and I think there is no such thing as too much.

Growing up and walking around the supermarket, lollies were the thing that gave me that kind of kick, and you'd expect lots of them. It would be that or a pack of cake mix which got me into food.

I hope I come across as supportive and encouraging as well as being firm when I need to be firm.

I've probably got about 300 books. I love collecting books.

I have the pleasure of being surrounded by desserts and chocolate. If that makes me a sex symbol then great, but it's not my aim in life.

If you have the chocolatiest everything you eat two spoons full and be out on the couch for the rest of the day. It's better to have something you can enjoy.

I ate everything. I ate every single lolly you can think of. Chocolate bars, Curly Wurlys, Aero bars, Fantales, Minties, Clinkers, Cherry Ripes. Pretty much anything, you name it, I ate it.

You might go to a cheap bakery that uses really bad fats and sugars and stuff like that. You go to a nice bakery and you can enjoy a nice sweet that's made well and it doesn't make you put on any weight if you eat in moderation and if you do a little bit of exercise.

It's definitely always daunting to have your name on a show and a lot of pressure in some ways, but obviously in other ways it's a lot of fun and it's a great honor.

Everything you do in life or experience in life gives inspiration for the creative process. But it also depends ultimately on what the consumer wants.

If you're dreaming up a dessert, you've got to remember to keep it well balanced.

When I'm working and I need to taste food, I use a small spoon or eat a small piece, rather than wolfing down an entire piece of cake.