Heston Blumenthal
Heston Blumenthal
Heston Marc Blumenthal, OBEis a British celebrity chef. He is the proprietor of The Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire, one of four restaurants in Great Britain to have three Michelin stars; it was voted No. 1 in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2005...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth27 May 1966
CityLondon, England
goes-on taste menus
If it doesn't taste good it doesn't go on the menu
fall waiting clock
No, when I worked as an accountant I was falling asleep waiting for 5 o'clock.
book home gone
At home I've got 1,500 cook books and the spines have all gone, the pages are all torn - it's chaos.
numbers world restaurants
Being branded number one restaurant in the world is actually very humbling
creativity kids thinking
As we get older, we tend to become more risk averse because we tend to find reasons why things wont work. When you are a kid, you think everything is possible, and I think with creativity it is so important to keep that naivety.
desire faults improving
I have this desire to keep improving, so I find fault
succeed needs scared
I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.
eye heart noses
Development is where my heart is focused because eating is the only thing that we do that involves all the senses. We eat with our eyes and our ears and our noses.
needs compromise standards
You need to do the work to bring the money in, but not compromise standards.