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.