Heston Blumenthal Quotes

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Heston Blumenthal

Profession : Chef

Birth : May 27, 1966

I am not the world's most confident person.

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But most is all to do with work. There are aspects of work that are enjoyable, that you could call a hobby.

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Being branded number one restaurant in the world is actually very humbling.

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A lot of country pubs will receive Michelin stars.

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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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As we get older, we tend to become more risk averse because we tend to find reasons why things won't work. When you are a kid, you think everything is possible, and I think with creativity it is so important to keep that naivety.

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I tend to take negative comments to heart.

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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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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.

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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 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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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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