Yesterday I was spoilt by my friend Katie Friedman, who took me to lunch at The Hinds Head in Bray, one of three restaurants owned by Chef Heston Blumenthal in this tiny Berkshire gourmet village.
Bray first attracted attention when the Roux brothers Michel and Albert opened The Waterside Inn in the village in 1972, and have held a three star Michelin rating for the past 25 years. Chef Heston, whose father grew up in South Africa, was attracted to the village too, Continue reading →
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* Gareth Cliff left 5FM today, after 10 years at the radio station. There appears to be no news about his future plans.
* Heston Blumenthal is moving The Fat Duck restaurant in Bray UK to Melbourne in February next year for six months, whereafter he will call the restaurant Dinner.
* Moyo has closed down at Spier, following the recent closure of Moyo at the V&A Waterfront, reports the Cape Times today.
* Excellent news is that the International Court of Justice in The Hague has placed an immediate stop on whaling by Continue reading →
Two of the world’s top chefs, Gordon Ramsay and Heston Blumenthal, are in serious trouble.
Heston Blumenthal is the owner of the three Michelin star Fat Duck in Bray in the UK, one of the world’s top 10 restaurants. More than 400 patrons of the restaurant have become ill after eating at The Fat Duck between end-January and mid-February. The restaurant closed two weeks ago and will remain so until the cause of the illness can be identified, reports Associated Press. Numerous alternatives for the illness have been evaluated, including sabotage, bad stock, or infection via an ill employee.
Blumenthal is well-known for using gels, enzymes, and liquid nitrogen in his cooking, as well as techniques such as dehydration and vacuum cooking.
Gordon Ramsay of maze restaurant owes $5 million to the Royal Bank of Scotland, and his suppliers about $ 7 million. A recent expansion programme at the time of the global credit crunch has affected turnover. The first African branch of maze opens in the One&Only Cape Town on 3 April.