From cooking for celebrities to fatherhood, from flying planes to launching businesses, here is a revealing and unflinching memoir from one of New Zealand's most well-known and most outspoken celebrity chefs. Opening his first Auckland restaurant aged just 22, Simon went on to helm Gault's on Quay, the Jervois Steak House, Euro and, more recently, Giraffe. Also a consummate businessman, Simon's put his name on a range of stocks and meal seasonings. He also started his own food import company, and nearly lost everything on a failed tomato sauce venture. He's cooked for the famous, found and lost love, and confronted the Type-2 diabetes personal health scare that sparked his newest mission: to make NZ a healthier place. Has been a regular face on TV - hosting Masterchef for multiple seasons and later the television show Why Are We Fat? and Chef on a Mission. His newest venture, a successful four-week 4 Wheels of Health course focusses on sleep, gut health and nutrition and Gaults Cocktails.