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Heston Blumental

  • 10-11-2013 09:09PM
    #1
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Just watching masterchef with the OH and he has no idea who Heston Blumenthal is

    Is he an ignoramus?


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  • #2
    brevity
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    Ah Heston's alright.


  • #3
    Skid X
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    Fair play to him, life is not about being able to name the thousands of celebrity chefs that pollute the airwaves.


  • #4
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Stheno wrote: »
    Just watching masterchef with the OH and he has no idea who Heston Blumenthal is

    Is he an ignoramus?


    Nope. Some people have no interest in that kind of thing. You should be writing a thread about being grateful to your OH for watching shite with you you he normally wouldn't bother with.


  • #5
    Agricola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    Not knowing who he is displays a touch a class imo!


  • #6
    Osborne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭Osborne


    Wish I was as lucky as your OH.


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  • #7
    TheBegotten
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 541 ✭✭✭TheBegotten


    Am I the only one who thought this was a Breaking Bad spin-off?


  • #8
    Radharc na Sleibhte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,538 ✭✭✭Radharc na Sleibhte


    Stheno wrote: »
    Just watching masterchef with the OH and he has no idea who Heston Blumenthal is

    Is he an ignoramus?

    Heston, yes.
    Big bald head in him.


  • #9
    keano2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 561 ✭✭✭keano2012


    Stheno wrote: »

    Is he an ignoramus?

    yes


  • #10
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    I basically only know him from this

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgxUeD2-kJc


  • #11
    desertcircus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭desertcircus


    Skid X wrote: »
    Fair play to him, life is not about being able to name the thousands of celebrity chefs that pollute the airwaves.

    There's celebrity chefs and then there's the proprietor and head chef at one of the three best restaurants on earth...


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  • #12
    Miss Behaviour
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    Wasn't Heston caught sticking his icing piper into a bun that wasn't his wife's?


  • #13
    Lapin
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    Stheno wrote: »
    Just watching masterchef with the OH and he has no idea who Heston Blumenthal is

    What channel is he on?


  • #14
    NuckingFacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,221 ✭✭✭NuckingFacker


    desertcircus wrote: »
    There's celebrity chefs and then there's the proprietor and head chef at one of the three best restaurants on earth...
    gonna need a few more clues I'm afraid..errr..Derry Clarke?


  • #15
    MadsL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    Stheno wrote: »
    Just watching masterchef with the OH and he has no idea who Heston Blumenthal is

    Is he an ignoramus?

    Only if he professes to know anything about modernist cuisine. Otherwise, meh.

    Heston is a god.

    Of course next people will be saying they don't know who Ferran Adria, Thomas Keller or Grant Achatz are, then where will we be...


  • #16
    Artful_Badger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,339 ✭✭✭Artful_Badger


    Nah it doesnt make him an ignoramus. Its not like it was Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall...


  • #17
    4zn76tysfajdxp
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    desertcircus wrote: »
    There's celebrity chefs and then there's the proprietor and head chef at one of the three best restaurants on earth...

    Darina Allen?


  • #18
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    desertcircus wrote: »
    There's celebrity chefs and then there's the proprietor and head chef at one of the three best restaurants on earth...

    Exactly, one of my must do holidays is visiting the fat duck
    Miss Behaviour wrote: »
    Wasn't Heston caught sticking his icing piper into a bun that wasn't his wife's?

    Yes, but that's all blown over and he's seperated from his wife.


  • #19
    Muise...
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭Muise...


    he's only an ignoramus if he isn't paying attention and asks you who Heston Blumenthal is the next time ye see him on tv. Or if he confuses Blumenthal with Jamie Oliver. That'd be funny ignorant though. :)


  • #20
    Skid X
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    desertcircus wrote: »
    There's celebrity chefs and then there's the proprietor and head chef at one of the three best restaurants on earth...

    Right, exactly how many of the top 1000 chefs in the World should we be able to name to avoid being described as an 'ignoramus' :rolleyes:


  • #21
    Stheno
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    MadsL wrote: »
    Only if he professes to know anything about modernist cuisine. Otherwise, meh.

    Heston is a god.

    Of course next people will be saying they don't know who Ferran Adria, Thomas Keller or Grant Achatz are, then where will we be...

    He's excused so. I took him to a Michelin starred restaurant for our anniversary, and his only comment was that the portions were small :eek:


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  • #22
    NuckingFacker
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    MadsL wrote: »
    Only if he professes to know anything about modernist cuisine. Otherwise, meh.

    Heston is a god.

    Of course next people will be saying they don't know who Ferran Adria, Thomas Keller or Grant Achatz are, then where will we be...
    El Bulli. That one I do know. Closed now though I think. Was booked out anyway and had shyte opening hours..


  • #23
    Stheno
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    Muise... wrote: »
    he's only an ignoramus if he isn't paying attention and asks you who Heston Blumenthal is the next time ye see him on tv. Or if he confuses Blumenthal with Jamie Oliver. That'd be funny ignorant though. :)

    He was wondering if Heston was a new judge (we watch Masterchef six days a week)


  • #24
    grindle
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    Skid X wrote: »
    Right, exactly how many of the top 1000 chefs in the World should we be able to name to avoid being described as an 'ignoramus' :rolleyes:
    Not what desertcircus was getting at, not sure how you'd read it that way.
    People are talking about one of the top chefs in the world as if he's an Ainsley Harriot-alike, just another celeb chef.

    The OP's fella isn't an ignoramus any more than he's an ignoramus for not knowing any other critically-acclaimed artist. He might be missing out, he might not give a crap. He might have an encyclopaedic knowledge of some other culture or activity that interests him.


  • #25
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,820 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    Stheno wrote: »
    Just watching masterchef with the OH and he has no idea who Heston Blumenthal is

    Is he an ignoramus?
    He was great in Planet of the Apes and Ben Hur.


  • #26
    C.K Dexter Haven
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    Stheno wrote: »
    He's excused so. I took him to a Michelin starred restaurant for our anniversary, and his only comment was that the portions were small :eek:

    I'm available for 7 course tasting menus with wine- I don't complain after:P


  • #27
    Lapin
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    I'd love to try the Mad Hatters Tea Party and the Whisk(e)y Wine Gums on the Tasting Menu.

    Not sure about the Snail Porridge though.


  • #28
    Howard Juneau
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    Lapin wrote: »
    I'd love to try the Mad Hatters Tea Party and the Whisk(e)y Wine Gums on the Tasting Menu.

    Not sure about the Snail Porridge though.

    At 195 quid a pop, I'd want a happy ending for that & fck all snail porridge tyvm!


  • #29
    Howard Juneau
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭Howard Juneau


    desertcircus wrote: »
    There's celebrity chefs and then there's the proprietor and head chef at one of the three best restaurants on earth...

    Conrad Gallagher?


  • #30
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,183 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Howard Juneau wrote: »
    At 195 quid a pop, I'd want a happy ending for that & fck all snail porridge tyvm!

    For a cheaper taste of Blumental's style of cooking without the need for a reservation, the Hinds Head pub just across the road from The Fat Duck in Bray is also owned by him and the menu there has all the Heston touches.


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  • #31
    Hownowcow
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    Stheno wrote: »
    Exactly, one of my must do holidays is visiting the fat duck

    I visited him on the canal today. He wouldn't be that fat if people stopped giving him bread.


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