News, reviews and comment about Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant in Bray
December 2021
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 2016
Brief letters
A paella with small singing birds, anyone?
Brief letters: Dementia | Karl Lagerfeld | Fat Duck | Jamie Oliver | Words for fog
January 2016
Guardian Sport Network
How one intrepid chef went from the Fat Duck and Noma to the Tour de France
In an excerpt from her book, Ride the Revolution, Suze Clemitson interviews Hannah Grant, the chef who now serves up food for the Tinkoff-Saxo team
August 2015
Heston Blumenthal interview: the Fat Duck flies again
It’s goodbye to snail porridge as Heston Blumenthal bids to reinvent the restaurant again
March 2015
Australia food blog
Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck in Melbourne: wonderful but there's no Wizard in Oz
When rock promoter James Young went to the temporarily transplanted restaurant he expected to see its star chef plating up. Sadly, he only had 14 courses to keep him company
February 2015
Myf Warhurst: home and away
Heston's Fat Duck: at $525 per head does it really qualify as a 'pop-up' restaurant
Myf Warhurst
Fat Duck sates Heston Blumenthal's diners at Melbourne opening
Australia food blog
Create your own Fat Duck dinner party
Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant opens in Melbourne
September 2014
Australia food blog
Why Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck Melbourne is worth the hoopla
Roberta Muir
You have to win a ballot to get a seat and a meal will cost $525 but Blumenthal’s Crown Tower residency is an exciting prospect, writes Roberta Muir
April 2014
Take it on tour: Heston Blumenthal's recipe for keeping restaurant on its toes
Top European chefs are heading to far-flung places – for René Redzepi of Noma it's to Japan for personal development. Here, Blumenthal talks about moving the Fat Duck to Melbourne
March 2014
Heston Blumenthal to fly Fat Duck south to Australia
Three Michelin-starred restaurant and staff to move to Melbourne while Berkshire base is closed for renovations
October 2013
Chefs of the decade
OFM awards 2013 chef of the decade: Heston Blumenthal
To mark the 10th anniversary of the OFM awards, our judges chose, from a shortlist of 10, the chef of the decade – it's the man from the Fat Duck and Dinner. But, he tells Tim Adams, it hasn't all been plain sailing
September 2013
L'Enclume restaurant hailed best in the UK by 2014 Good Food Guide
Cumbrian venue nabbed the top spot in annual top 50 ranking with cuisine that is 'not science but nature'
November 2012
Heston Blumenthal staff killed in Hong Kong car crash
Word of Mouth blog
Heston's Christmas feast: a bit of a turkey?
March 2012
Saturday interview
Heston Blumenthal: 'My food is really emotional'
His cooking is a famously multi-sensory experience. But Heston Blumenthal insists he is no longer a temperature-obsessed workaholic, and hopes his Olympic-themed airline meals prove it
December 2011
Fat Duck had single worst restaurant norovirus outbreak, says study
Scale of poisoning blamed on infected oysters 'exceeded any other commercial restaurant-associated norovirus outbreaks'
July 2011
Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant gets 30,000 calls a day
Diners from as far afield as Australia willing to shell out for experimental menu which includes snail porridge and egg and bacon ice-cream, chef reveals
