Heston Blumenthal is a British Chef who is an entrepreneur. He is the founder of The Fat Duck in Bray which is located in Berkshire.
His restaurant is one among the four restaurants situated in Great Britain which has received 3 Michelin Stars. His restaurant has been selected as number one amongst the 50 restaurants of the world in the year 2005.
Estimated net worth of Heston is about 3 million dollars.
He also owns a restaurant in London which also has 2 Michelin stars, named Dinner. He also has two pubs located in Bray named The Hinds Head and The Crown at Bay. The Hinds Head has one Michelin Star. He has created awesome recopies for the triple-cooked chips and Scotch eggs – soft centred.
For his scientific approach to cooking, and his excellence and expertise in this field, he has been honoured by Universities of London, Reading and Bristol.
He was given the title of Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry. He has mastered the art of flavour encapsulating process, pairing of food varieties, as well as multisensory methods of cooking.
His ideas were published in many books, newspapers as well as television series,
Heston Blumenthal was born on 27 May 1966, and 50 years of age. He hails from Kensington from London, England. His father was Jewish and his mother was English, she later got converted to Jew.
He went to Latymer Upper School located in Hammersmith and St. Johns Church of England School located in Lacey Green in Buckinghamshire as well as John Hampden Grammer School located in High Wycombe.
His interest in cooking started when he got a chance to visit the L’Oustau de Baumaniere restaurant which is a Michelin starred restaurant. The book, Les recettes originals, a French cook book was another inspiration for him which attracted him towards cooking. The book was written by Alain Chapel.
After leaving school he joined for apprenticeship in Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir but left the place after a week. Later he picked up jobs of a repo man, credit collector and so on. He continued on these jobs for almost 10 years. Later after reading a book named On Food and Cooking: the Science and Lore of the Kitchen which was written by Harold McGee, he became interested in various techniques which can be implemented in cooking.
He got married to Zanna in the year 1989, later divorced her to marry Suzanne Pirret.
In 1995 he bought the pub called Ringers and converted it to The Fat Duck. He also opened another restaurant Dinner. In 2014 his new restaurant Perfectionists Cafe was opened.
Quick Summary:
Full name: Heston Blumenthal
Date of birth: 27 May 1966
Birth place: Kensington, London, England
Age: 50 Years
Profession: Entrepreneur
Height: 5 feet 7 inch
Weight: Unknown
Net worth: $3 million
