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Heston Blumenthal
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 27
Chef
Reality Television Participant
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London
England
Heston Marc Blumenthal
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I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort.
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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.
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I worked 120 hours a week for eight years. That's 20 to 22 hours a day every day and one week I only got 15 hours sleep.
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No, when I worked as an accountant I was falling asleep waiting for 5 o'clock.
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You know how sad your life is when you know the release date of DVDs.
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It was quite a challenge to make people eat crab ice cream.
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I still love doing what I do, and I'm really lucky to get up in the morning and want to go to work.
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I write and chop with my left hand and do everything else, including eating with a knife, with my right.
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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.
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What gets me excited is the original principle.
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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.
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A lot of country pubs will receive Michelin stars.
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I would try doing a dish 30 different ways.
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I have this desire to keep improving, so I find fault.
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I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.
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I am not the world's most confident person.
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Take note of what's around you and maximise sensory pleasure.
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There are so many issues in our oceans - like the near extinction of blue fin tuna - that should be taken more seriously worldwide.
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If it doesn't taste good it doesn't go on the menu
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Development is where my heart is focused because eating is the only thing that we do that involves all the senses. We eat with our eyes and our ears and our noses.
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