Heston Blumenthal
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It has been an incredible year for new restaurant launches in London. But among the plethora of high-profile openings, Heston Blumenthal's first London venture has proved a huge success with both critics and the public alike. Kerstin Kühn checked it out
Posted: 28 December 2011 | 11:00
Ashley Palmer-Watts' deep fried mince pies have helped raise nearly £10,000 for the Mince Pie Project, in support of Action Against Hunger and the Jamie Oliver Foundation. The executive chef at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal was among a stellar cast of 36 chefs...
Posted: 19 December 2011 | 13:45
Heston Blumenthal has hit back at a report claiming that many of the diners affected by the norovirus outbreak at the Fat Duck in 2009 could have been spared if the restaurant had acted sooner. Blumenthal closed his iconic three-Michelin-starred restaurant for two weeks in February 2009.
Posted: 06 December 2011 | 12:54
Score the skin of the duck breasts in a criss-cross pattern with a very sharp knife, and dust both sides with the five-spice powder and salt. Heat a frying pan over a medium heat and, when very hot, place the duck breasts in the pan skin-side down.
Posted: 29 November 2011 | 17:12
Heston Blumenthal is one of the most innovative chefs in the world. His cooking at the Fat Duck and, more recently Dinner, as well as his numerous television programmes have helped make him a household name.
Posted: 29 November 2011 | 16:50
More than three-quarters of British-grown oysters contain norovirus, new research from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has found. The study, which tested 39 UK growing beds across the UK, discovered that 76% of oysters had traces of the winter vomiting bug...
Posted: 29 November 2011 | 11:09
Heston Blumenthal and Jason Atherton were among the chefs celebrating the 2012 Michelin guide to Great Britain and Ireland, which saw the capital gain four new one-star-rated restaurants but no new two or three stars.
Posted: 06 October 2011 | 14:50
Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck has retained its place as the UK's best restaurant in the Good Food Guide but other chefs including Simon Rogan, Sat Bains and Jason Atherton are starting to redefine ideas on what makes a great restaurant, according to the guide.
Posted: 11 August 2011 | 10:10
You'd expect the kitchens at Heston Blumenthal's London restaurant to be precisely designed and very advanced technically - and so it has proved. Diane Lane took a look around
Posted: 29 June 2011 | 10:45
Mark Sargeant's first solo venture, Rocksalt in the Kentish seaside town of Folkestone, offers excellent food but the service is disappointing, says Lisa Markwell. Writing in the Independent on Sunday, Markwell praises the kitchen at Rocksalt but laments the front-of-house team...
Posted: 27 June 2011 | 14:49
John Lanchester finds authentic tapas and an impressive list of sherry at José, London SE1, the first solo venture by Spanish chef José Pizarro, while Jay Rayner says there's nothing wrong with dinner and a show, but at Circus, London WC2, the food deserves a chorus of boos and jeers
Posted: 27 June 2011 | 14:26
Three Michelin-starred chef Heston Blumenthal has become the principal patron of hospitality industry charity Hospitality Action. Meanwhile, three top industry figures have been appointed patrons: Jason Atherton, chef-proprietor of Pollen Street Social; Nigel Haworth, chef-proprietor of Northcote; and Phil Hooper, corporate affairs director of Sodexo.
Posted: 19 May 2011 | 12:23
Michelin-starred chef Heston Blumenthal is on the hunt for an up and coming chef to design a signature British Airways menu for passengers flying to the...
Posted: 06 May 2011 | 11:16
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: first Earl of Sandwich sandwich shop to open in UK; Soho pub shuts doors to avoid "gay kiss-in" protest and more...
Posted: 18 April 2011 | 10:50
The plaudit for the outstanding restaurant review of the week goes to The Sportsman, a gastropub in Seasalter, near Whitstable, Kent. Writing in The Guardian, John Lanchester said...
Posted: 28 February 2011 | 16:01
Heston Blumenthal is to star in a new Channel 4 series in which he takes on British Airways, the NHS, Cineworld Cinemas and The Royal Navy in an attempt to solve their culinary problems...
Posted: 16 February 2011 | 10:19
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal continues to impress the food critics, with both the Sunday Times' AA Gill and the Independent's Tracey Macleod giving it top marks. Housed in the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Knightsbridge, Dinner offers a contemporary menu of dishes inspired by historic British food.
Posted: 14 February 2011 | 11:19
Latest restaurant reviews, including: Hawksmoor Seven Dials, London WC2; Dinner by Heston Blumenthal; Non Solo Vino, Chesterfield; Hakkasan Mayfair, London W1.
Posted: 14 February 2011 | 11:01
Heston Blumenthal has taken on airline catering with British Airways for a new Channel 4 TV programme. As part of Heston's Mission Impossible, the esteemed chef will examine the challenge of serving food to 100,000 customers a day at 35,000ft...
Posted: 11 February 2011 | 16:30
For a chef so thoroughly modern, Heston Blumenthal is surprisingly obsessed with the past. Having taken the molecular gastronomy world by storm, his latest project, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, is a nod to history. Kerstin Kühn reports
Posted: 27 January 2011 | 11:45
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