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Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal is the man who turned the world of cuisine on its head and became a national hero with three Michelin stars. This is the inspirational story of his enthusiastic, self-taught genius. Heston is a gastronomic alchemist who sees the kitchen as a laboratory where he loves to experiment in ways to tantalise the taste-buds of diners at the Fat Duck restaurant and his newest restaurant Dinner. This biography traces his journey from a life-changing childhood holiday in France, through to his brief apprenticeship in Raymond Blanc's restaurant where he stood up to a kitchen bully. It then follows his as - constantly pushing the boundaries of his work - he reaches the top of his profession.
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Chas Newkey-Burden is the author of Amy Winehouse - The biography, Paris Hilton - Life on the Edge, The Reduced History of Britain and Great Email Disasters. He is the co-author - with Julie Burchill - of Not In My Name - A Compendium of Modern Hypocrisy. He has interviewed and profiled a host of celebrities including Rachel Stevens, David Beckham, Ricky Gervais, Jenna Jameson and McFly. His writting has appeared in a number of publications including the Guardian, Time out, Attitude and the Times.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not the most brilliant biog.,
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This review is from: Heston Blumenthal: The Biography of the World's Most Brilliant Master Chef (Hardcover)
Just to outline my severe dissapointment in this book. How someone from out of left field like Blumenthal could be dished up like this is beyond me. More than half the book is simply a very lengthy synopsis of his TV series. One gets the firm impression that Chaz has never met the man and offered pretty much no fresh insight or thought on what is possibly the most contructive approach to cooking for ages. Do yourself a favour . Want to know about Blumenthal. Just get his fat duck cook book it tells you all you need to know.its telling that Chaz mentions in his thankyous a nod to a cafe in Amsterdam. Might explain a few things.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
disappointing book,
This review is from: Heston Blumenthal: The Biography of the World's Most Brilliant Master Chef (Hardcover)
Although a biography of Heston Blumenthal should be fascinating too much of this book was a blow by blow description of what happened in various tv shows - not behind the scenes but what could be seen on screen. Badly written and badly spelt too. I had problems finishing the book.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Badly written, but interesting all the same.,
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This review is from: Heston Blumenthal: The Biography of the World's Most Brilliant Master Chef (Hardcover)
It is likely that much of this book has been derived from Heston's own writings and from watching his TV programs, but Heston is such an interesting personality that it would be difficult for anyone to write a boring book about him.The book has some amusing typographical errors; "sanitary" rather than "salutary" (unless this was a very poor attempt at a joke), "pallets" instead of "palates", and "foul" which are plucked. The Oxford English dictionary lists 7 alternative spellings of "cockatrice", so this book is inventive in adding "cockentrice" to that list. It seems odd that references to "early reviews" should mention one published in 2006 (this can't have been "early", so was the date misprinted?). There were occasional references to names and facts with no explanation, and at times I reread the earlier pages, assuming that I hadn't been paying proper attention, but I found nothing. Presumably the author knew what he meant. Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
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