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Heston Blumenthal

December 2023

  • Rich Pelley and his mum in the kitchen

    Christmas cook-off! Can I beat my Mum’s delicious dinner - with the help of Delia, Heston and TikTok?

    Rich Pelley’s mum is a fantastic cook, her Christmas dinner a marvel. But will her son outdo her with some imaginative, chef-endorsed takes on the classics?

October 2022

  • Olia Hercules and Alissa Timoshkina, founders of Cook For Ukraine

    The best original photographs from the Observer
    Original Observer photography

  • Heston Blumenthal 
Grooming: Neusa Neves at Arlington Artists using Nars and Innersense Organic Beauty
Observer Food Monthly

    Life on a plate
    Heston Blumenthal: ‘The most accurate gastronomic film? Ratatouille, if you take away the rats’

December 2021

  • Fat Duck sweet trolley

    Ex-Fat Duck pastry chef sues for £200k over RSI claims

    Former worker at Heston Blumenthal restaurant says injury caused by tasks such as bagging sweets

October 2021

  • Zak Frost with his black labrador dog, Stanley, in woods in Wiltshire.

    Down in the woods with our top truffle dealer … and his dog

    Zak Frost supplies England’s best restaurants. And he couldn’t do it without his truffle hound, Stanley

October 2020

  • Heston Blumenthal at the Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire.

    Fat Duck restaurant shuts for two weeks after staff test positive for Covid

    Heston Blumenthal’s Berkshire flagship says a number of workers are self-isolating

January 2020

  • An edible paradise? ... Crazy Delicious.

    TV review
    Crazy Delicious review – foodie TV brought to you by Beelzebub himself

    The magical Bake Off may boast culinary ‘gods’ like Heston Blumenthal – but this #foodporn is so crazy yuck it is hellish
  • Heston Blumenthal.

    Heston Blumenthal: 'The most intimate relationship you can have? With your breath'

    Britain’s foremost food sorcerer has been away ‘resharpening his saw’ on a five-year hiatus from TV. As he returns, he talks self care, sexism – and much more
    • Names in the news
      Heston Blumenthal: that almost looks good enough to eat, chef

      Rebecca Nicholson
    • Keep up, Heston! Restaurants now revolve around Instagram – and that’s good

      George Reynolds
    • Heston Blumenthal bemoans trend to take snaps instead of bites

May 2019

  • A mozzarella (left) made with bacteria sampled from the belly button of Professor Green, and a Stilton cheese made with bacteria sampled from the nose of food writer Ruby Tandoh.

    Blumenthal’s pubic bacteria: is this the future of food?

    V&A exhibition includes cheese produced with some help from the star chef’s groin area

April 2019

  • Heston Blumenthal outside his Fat Duck restaurant in Bray, Berkshire.

    Lean times even for Heston’s Fat Duck as rising costs hit restaurant industry

    Top chef’s losses double as insolvency rate for UK restaurants climbs

December 2018

  • Stack of pebbles

    Pass notes
    Can you really thicken soup with gravel?

    The chef Heston Blumenthal has been discussing his newfound taste for gravel, claiming he has used pebbles from Provence to thicken soup

November 2018

  • Pete Gray’s zapiekanka open sandwich

    Fast food
    Pete Gray’s recipe for zapiekanka – Polish street food

    The head chef of Heston Blumenthal’s Hind’s Head, Bray, gives his take on the toasted cheese and mushroom open sandwich

January 2018

  • Stilton and cranberry ice-cream.

    The faddy eater
    Scoop of stilton, anyone? Savoury ice-cream takes on the classics

    Heston’s bacon-and-egg ice-cream helped make his name. Now, flavours such as stilton, Twiglet and smoked salmon are cropping up at ice-cream parlours. Are they better than they sound?

November 2016

  • Heston Blumenthal with a Christmas pudding

    Heston goes the whole hog this Christmas with bacon and banana trifle

    Gastronomic gamble from chef Blumenthal to hit Waitrose shelves as British food stores unleash twists on festive classics

October 2016

  • richard reed of innocent drinks and jamjar investments

    Observer New Review Q&A
    Richard Reed: ‘Will wackaging be my contribution to the species?’

    The Innocent co-founder on climbing, Europe and his new book, in which he asks extraordinary people for advice on life
  • Paella ready to serve

    Brief letters
    A paella with small singing birds, anyone?

    Brief letters: Dementia | Karl Lagerfeld | Fat Duck | Jamie Oliver | Words for fog
  • Heston Blumenthal pictured outside The Fat Duck in 2009.

    The Fat Duck regains three Michelin stars after Australian sojourn

    Heston Blumenthal’s Bray venture wins back place among world’s best restaurants after temporary move to Melbourne
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