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
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.
desire faults improving
I have this desire to keep improving, so I find fault
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.
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.
numbers world restaurants
Being branded number one restaurant in the world is actually very humbling
goes-on taste menus
If it doesn't taste good it doesn't go on the menu
pleasure notes senses
Take note of what's around you and maximise sensory pleasure.
cookbook
I've got around 400 cookbooks.
photography fashion art
I was born in the '60s and grew up in the '70s - not exactly the best decade for food in British history. It was horrendous. It was a time when, as a nation, we excelled in art and music and acting and photography and fashion - all creative skills... all apart from cooking.
hobbies aspect enjoyable
But most is all to do with work. There are aspects of work that are enjoyable, that you could call a hobby.
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.
effort determined ifs
I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort
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.
principles excited originals
What gets me excited is the original principle.