Heston Blumenthal

I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to…

— Heston Blumenthal

We sunk everything into it. It came close to going under several times.

— Heston Blumenthal

You think about some of the most memorable meals you've ever had; the food will be good but it will often be…

— Heston Blumenthal

I am not the world's most confident person.

— Heston Blumenthal

If it doesn't taste good it doesn't go on the menu

— Heston Blumenthal

It was quite a challenge to make people eat crab ice cream.

— Heston Blumenthal

This kitchen is completely calm. Some of the old-fashioned chefs - they become kings in their kitchen, they've got to be called…

— Heston Blumenthal

I have this desire to keep improving, so I find fault

— Heston Blumenthal

Take note of what's around you and maximise sensory pleasure.

— Heston Blumenthal

As we get older, we tend to become more risk averse because we tend to find reasons why things won't work. When…

— Heston Blumenthal

We were saving, saving, saving then going to France and blowing the money eating. She was a nurse and had never experienced…

— Heston Blumenthal

And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure.

— Heston Blumenthal

Now my complaint is there are only 18 hours to work in a day.

— Heston Blumenthal

I tend to take negative comments to heart.

— Heston Blumenthal

I haven't raised my voice for eight to 10 years in the kitchen. And I won't have anybody shouting. If I hear…

— Heston Blumenthal

I would try doing a dish 30 different ways

— Heston Blumenthal

What gets me excited is the original principle.

— Heston Blumenthal

Development is where my heart is focused because eating is the only thing that we do that involves all the senses. We…

— Heston Blumenthal

I still love doing what I do, and I'm really lucky to get up in the morning and want to go to…

— Heston Blumenthal

At home I've got 1,500 cook books and the spines have all gone, the pages are all torn - it's chaos.

— Heston Blumenthal

Television forces people to be larger than life. I would be too shy.

— Heston Blumenthal

I write and chop with my left hand and do everything else, including eating with a knife, with my right.

— Heston Blumenthal

No, when I worked as an accountant I was falling asleep waiting for 5 o'clock.

— Heston Blumenthal

To me, food is as much about the moment, the occasion, the location and the company as it is about the taste.

— Heston Blumenthal

I worked 120 hours a week for eight years. That's 20 to 22 hours a day every day and one week I…

— Heston Blumenthal