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Heston Blumenthal
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 27
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Reality Television Participant
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London
England
Heston Marc Blumenthal
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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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A lot of country pubs will receive Michelin stars.
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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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Take note of what's around you and maximise sensory pleasure.
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It was quite a challenge to make people eat crab ice cream.
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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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I've got around 400 cookbooks.
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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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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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No, when I worked as an accountant I was falling asleep waiting for 5 o'clock.
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I am not the world's most confident person.
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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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At home I've got 1,500 cook books and the spines have all gone, the pages are all torn - it's chaos.
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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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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 have this desire to keep improving, so I find fault.
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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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What gets me excited is the original principle.
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If it doesn't taste good it doesn't go on the menu
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I would try doing a dish 30 different ways.
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