Heston Blumenthal Quotes

• Now my complaint is there are only 18 hours to work in a day.

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• No, when I worked as an accountant I was falling asleep waiting for 5 o’clock.

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• It was quite a challenge to make people eat crab ice cream.

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• It was not easy with a newborn, asking your wife to give up the family home and your security.

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• If it doesn’t taste good it doesn’t go on the menu.

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• I’ve got around 400 cookbooks.

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• I would try doing a dish 30 different ways.

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• I was determined that if I failed it wouldn’t be due to lack of effort.

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• I have this desire to keep improving, so I find fault.

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• I am not the world’s most confident person.

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• But most is all to do with work. There are aspects of work that are enjoyable, that you could call a hobby.

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• Being branded number one restaurant in the world is actually very humbling.

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• And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure.

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• A lot of country pubs will receive Michelin stars.

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Heston Blumenthal (34)

Birth:	27th May, 1966
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Chef, Restaurateur

About

Heston Marc Blumenthal was born in Kensington, London, UK. He is 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. He acquired The Hinds Head, also in Bray, in 2004. In January 2011, he opened his first restaurant outside Bray, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park in London. Dinner was awarded its first Michelin star in 2012. He is a pioneer of multisensory cooking, foodpairing and flavour encapsulation. He has written several books include: Family Food: A New Approach to Cooking, Kitchen Chemistry, Sharing Tastes, The Big Fat Duck Cookbook, The Fat Duck Cookbook, and In Search of Total Perfection.

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