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
memories memorable thinking
You think about some of the most memorable meals you've ever had; the food will be good but it will often be about locating a mental memory and taste is inexorably linked to all the other senses and memory, so ultimately it is all about taste.
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.
We sunk everything into it. It came close to going under several times.
blowing dining fine france mates money nurse saving
We were saving, saving, saving then going to France and blowing the money eating. She was a nurse and had never experienced fine dining but she loved it, too. Our mates thought it absurd.
company food location
To me, food is as much about the moment, the occasion, the location and the company as it is about the taste.
egos might people
And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure.
cook home pages torn
At home I've got 1,500 cook books and the spines have all gone, the pages are all torn - it's chaos.
chicken closed cook roast sit
I cook every Sunday, as the restaurant's closed then, and I'll always do a roast chicken or something and sit down with the family.
taken ocean blue
There are so many issues in our oceans - like the near extinction of blue fin tuna - that should be taken more seriously worldwide.
hockey ice people
It was quite a challenge to make people eat crab ice cream.
kings kitchen care
This kitchen is completely calm. Some of the old-fashioned chefs - they become kings in their kitchen, they've got to be called chef. But I don't care if someone calls me chef or Heston, it really doesn't bother me.
country stars pubs
A lot of country pubs will receive Michelin stars
effort determined ifs
I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort
principles excited originals
What gets me excited is the original principle.