Heston Blumenthal on the Fat Duck food poisoning scare

Heston Blumenthal talks to Matthew Fort about the food poisoning scare that closed the Fat Duck, and what next for the restaurant

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• blumenthal
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• food
• poisoning
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[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.

[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.

[ThePhantasticGabe]

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

[jamezz34]

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

[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?

[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

[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.

[kc307]

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