Heston Blumenthal Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I still love doing what I do, and I'm really lucky to get up in the morning and want to go to work.”

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

“A lot of country pubs will receive Michelin stars.”

“To me, food is as much about the moment, the occasion, the location and the company as it is about the taste.”

“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.”

“I haven't raised my voice for eight to 10 years in the kitchen. And I won't have anybody shouting. If I hear of anybody having a go at anyone else, they'll get disciplined.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“At home I've got 1,500 cook books and the spines have all gone, the pages are all torn - it's chaos.”