What menu would you choose?
Anchovies in green sauce, with bread and butter; tartarà (savoury panna cotta with truffle); tortellini in brodo di pollo ruspante; crispy fried small red mullets with zucchini scapece; a large white peach tree full of ripe fruit.
What cocktail would you serve as an aperitif?
The cocktail I served my wife Priscilla when we first met - Cognac, orange liqueur, dry vermouth, Campari and lemon juice.
Where would you eat the meal?
On a balcony under a pergola of lemons, with a complete view of the Amalfi coast.
Which chef would you ask to cook it?
One of the excellent mamas from Italy, as they know the cooking I love.
What wine would you match with the dishes?
Erbulace di Caluso-Piemont (first and second courses); Donna Fugata (main course); Fragolino-Veneto (dessert).
What kind of bread would you serve?
Grissini and toasted ciabatta.
Which 12 people would you invite?
The Prince of Wales, Priscilla, Terence and Vicki Conran, Rory Bremner, Raymond Blanc, Nelson Mandela, Stephen Fry, Kate Winslet, Sophia Loren, opera singer Cecilia Bartoli and ballerina Darcey Bussell.
What music would you choose?
Vivaldi, Prokofiev, Rossini, Handel.
Who would you invite to play the music?
Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Simon Rattle.
Which flowers would you have decorating the table?
Sweet peas - my favourite.
What would you wear?
Indian lungi [sarong].
Who would you have as your after-dinner speaker?
Stephen Fry.
What type of coffee/tea would you serve?
Espresso and fresh mint tea.
What petit fours would you eat with the coffee?
Chocolate-covered coffee beans and marrons glacé.
Which of your dishes would you leave to posterity?
Those in my books, which contain all the recipes I've written so far.