Heston Blumenthal creates food range for Waitrose

Good news for wannabe culinary wizards: celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal has created a range of packaged food products for supermarket Waitrose.

The three-Michelin-starred chef patron of the Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire, has created a range of 20 different products for the supermarket.

The items - including chilled ready meals and storage-cupboard products - will go on sale at Waitrose later this year, with a larger selection of goods coming out in time for Christmas.

Priced from £3 upwards, with most products costing in excess of £10, Blumenthal's will be the most expensive range of products sold at Waitrose. The items will include Scottish salmon smoked with Lapsong Souchong tea; Japanese Ponzu dressing; and coriander and rose salt.

The move follows Blumenthal's joint advertising campaign for Waitrose with celebrity domestic goddess Delia Smith.

Blumenthal commented: "We have had an enormous amount of fun developing the different products in the [Waitrose] range and hope that it will offer a little something for everyone to taste and enjoy."