Heston Blumenthal on the Fat Duck food poisoning scare

[jamezz34]

dont start saying oo every restaurant has a time when bullshit....keep the cat food in the tin next time

[alquiora]

I always have this thought... would chefs like Blumenthal ever open a fast food chain if they have the right financial backing and time? .....

[Clarince1]

Its the tap water, bacteria

[lexichronicle2]

This really annoys me more than I can convey in a youtube message. I have seen others make the same mistake. The recipes he gives that involve 'cooking' at 50 and 60C, you need to be a really good biologist for those not to give someone food poisoning. I have done molecular cell biology at university and would not eat that even if I made it myself. That IS going to breed bacteria in the meats. It's actually going to help drive them into the sterile core of the meat. Not impressed!

[lexichronicle2]

Watch "24 steak" and "perfect crispy chicken" to see how the food poisoning came about. In both of these videos, he 'cooks' (incubates) meat below the pasteurising temperature. Even McDonalds test for this temperature. He needs to stop fucking around with 50C 'cooking' and use 100 with foil. The food poisoning, I would expect seeing how he cooks some of the meat. He's pushing the limit of heat without understanding germ killing well enough. Dunking ice cold chicken in 100C water is not enough

[sheamas88]

@lexichronicle2 Please point me to the recipe that Heston recommends to cook to only 50C, because I have yet to hear of one that is only cooked to 50C that should be cooked more. His chicken is only cooked to 60C but that is a safe temperature as long as the meat is held at that temperature for sufficient time. The steak he cooks is only 50C but he still cooks the outer surface properly. If you go to any restaurant they will serve you a steak rare or blue so how is his any different?

[WabeWalker100]

Wait a minute... snail porridge? Just the sound of that makes me ill.

[PhantomAct]

Actually it was a batch of contaminated mussels from a local supplier, not his fault!! But tbh, with his snobby prices, i'd expect sabotage from suppliers or just food terrorists.

[Williamjpope]

Lets see your style of cooking is using different chemicals. Other restaurants get calls from people being sick because either an ingredient is bad. Just cook the old fashioned way like everyone else does.

[jeffshubert]

This can happen at any restaurant. Mr. Blumenthal deserves a lot of respect for taking such measures. It's so rare to see someone demonstrating this level of transparency and an uncompromising commitment to integrity. Well done!

[Jagermeister196]

I'd smash his head in soo fuckind hard.

[pandaeyes42]

I reckon it was one of the pissed off kitchen hands!

[MagnetoMasterOfEvil]

London Tines headline: "Fat Duck changes name to OH FUCK!"

[Kaptainrdean]

Unfortunetly, by voluntarily shutting his own resturant whilst they did there investigation, Hestin actually caused himself further damage as the press took it as a sign that there was definetly a problem at the resturant and blew the whole ordeal out of proportion.

[tyrone26e]

Yeah well it was some twit with the flu...thanks idiot!

[BloodyGaaraOfSand]

im still too young to travel myself, but I would really love to one day go ther to the fat duck and eat there and enjoy myself. amd perhaps with a friend too. I am sure that i will love the experience.

[mchamo12]

Sabotage!! This guy is a genius, even if you don't like him you have to respect his work.

[madisonelectronic]

He even shaved his head to get rid of the cooties. hahahahahahahaha

[mnthol]

I respect this man a lot  ..

[turtles12]

@mnthol

bitch

[liopleurodon17]

Heston is a genius....he handles this perfectly....in my opinion theres no chance that a chef of his calbur would ever allow the hyginic credentials of his kithen to fall below the standards set by legislation....hes too pasionate about what what he does...this might sound like a cynical view, but it wouldnt suprise me if these alegations were created through media hysteria.

[MrDaale]

@liopleurodon17 You make a very good point, but your grammar is absolutely diabolical.

[liopleurodon17]

@MrDaale Thats because im usually drunk when I post comments on youtube... coupled with the fact that Im poorly educated.

[kc307]

@liopleurodon17 Sounds like you have some life... getting pissed posting on youtube.. whilst being a dumbass

[0ua8]

He still was placed 3rd in the best restaurants in the world poll type thing,behind,El bulli and Noma.Heston is a proper innovator as a chef,and his style is underpinned by quality.Hopefully this hasn't left any long lasting damage to his credibility,or restaurant.

[shadowblade9876]

Bad oysters! No-one at the Fat Duck's fault - difficult to detect oysters harbouring the virus.

[Mr1SXM]

he is more of a freaky food scientist than a chef. Adding chemicals to food is never a good idea, and is no wonder why people threw up

[stilongs]

When people do accuse restaurants of food poisoning, it is often that its NOT the kitchen/restaurants fault, but the customers.

Not washing hands after toilets (which brits are horrible at), residues after sickness like flu or cold are big contributers to what can be the reason for this.

[ghstenor]

Be honest; you'd still eat there.

I went back straight after, and the food was a brilliant as ever.

[jjsurly]

No matter what type of restaurant, there are far too many outside variables to guarentee that this can' t happen to even the best houses in the world.

By their reputation alone, it's damned likely that this was because of a purveyer, distributor, or freak accident.

Considering the level of integrity of this chef.... I could give a shit. I'd dine at his place anytime. I guarentee you..... it's safer than 99.99% of them.

[roryroryroryy]

Heston seems like a really cool, genuine guy.

[pat4281]

1second either way from disaster or absolute perfection....Fine line Heston

[NewportCoastCA]

it was a contaminated oyster from a sketchy supplier based out of some Asian country and they were under pressure to deliver the product on time other wise they would be screwed thats what happened.

[pat4281]

@NewportCoastCA what Asian country? What supplier? you really have no idea mate, your just pissed off

[jaijeffcom]

3:36 -- "We put so much blood, sweat, and tears into this."

THERE'S the problem!

[tazzy27581]

@jaijeffcom Nice one, very funny :^D

[tokajilover]

Strong Chef !

[mcerocc]

well how can you explain that every 130 million years the earth experiences an "ice age"? Would that be considered climate change?

[crazy808ify]

jay simpson will leave QPR in the summer,a move plymouth is the most likely.

[MrStonecold69]

Mushroom

What the hell are you talking about?

How is it spin?

Heston is a world famous 3 star chef

His restaurant is fully booked up even though there is a recession

He does not need the publicity

[mushroom2you]

This is spin and only spin by HB

If he did not close they would have closed him down anyway

Fair ..yes..

The reports that it ran in to 100s of people that got sick over 32 weeks well even if it was 5 is to many you cant fuck with food to much every day that is HB it not there every day more like 10 in 30 daysI think there is no supplier thing we all know what happens in kitchens

shit happens...he still tops tho..

[fucknuaf]

It may be spin, but here we have had several cases here, of supliers having harvested muscles and oysters to close to the harbour and this led to food poisonings from the raw sewage in the waters near harbours. There are rules as to where you may fish shellsfish that very reason.

[0ua8]

It was dodgy oysters i read.

[jimmypopkablooey]

No way it was dodgy oysters, because I've smelt dodgy oysters before. They wouldn't make it past my nose to a table and I can only assume Blumenthal can spot them as good or better than me.

[stevevaiisgod]

It was the oysters the supplier just dropped the ball on the quality of the water they were living in

[jimmypopkablooey]

The great Heston Blumenthal sunk by a shiesty supplier... Figures. Hope it never happens to me

[mushroom2you]

more than one i would say...

[WerdnaFaz]

I will still go fuck it the guy is a genius culinary freak of nature when it comes to food.

[akira1983x]

Sabotage by some loser chef like delia or that nigella whore

[obar111]

LOL

[monicuchitis22]

when this happened?

[trileon1]

I absolutely think someone sabotaged him. This man's life is perfection. Some jerk with the flu didn't stay home, went out to eat and then spread it to everyone else.

[mathamore]

100000%  agreed........disguise vegetarians?????

[IfIfsandands]

Could well be. There must be many envious of his success.

[billyairdjnr]

@trileon1

what aload of shit!!

may of been the fact he employ's volunteer's who dont wash.

[ThePhantasticGabe]

@trileon1 This was a case of bad oysters containing a norovirus. Simply put, shit happens.

[AndImAmazed]

unbelievable thuse people are bein mardy! lol

[afterapplepicking]

I think everyone who knows anything about gastronomy A). Understands that Heston Blumenthal runs a tight, highly profitable enterprise, and B). Understands that no one, no matter how concerned, could be a victim to this.

It is still my dream to one day fly to the UK and have dinner at The Fat Duck. This hasn't changed anything for me.

[lDaan]

I would definetly fly over!! I ate that a few months back and was Amazed! i am a chef myself and i absolutley loved it & would highly recommend it!

[paulwestlondon]

Was that an apology?

[flappospammo]

i agree

heston is a fastidious genius

[XxThereianxX]

I hope he's back up and running soon. He's my fav chef.