Heston Blumental

10-11-2013 10:28PM

Stheno wrote: »

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

Watch it every day too. Masterchef Aus beats all the others by miles.

Have you ordered your dry ice yet? I must find out how expensive it is.

C.K Dexter Haven · 10-11-2013 10:28PM

Hownowcow wrote: »

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

Boom boom!

Savoir.Faire · 10-11-2013 10:35PM

I had the absolute pleasure of eating in Dinner by Heston Blumental during a recent visit to London. It was an extraordinary meal, with every morsel of food a memory. It is difficult to pick a highlight, but the Roast Marrowbone with snails, parsley and anchovy was especially fantastic. My dining companion thought one of the cheeses for her dessert hadn't be given enough time to breathe, but this was a minor quibble.

Very talented man.

C.K Dexter Haven · 10-11-2013 10:46PM

Savoir.Faire wrote: »

I had the absolute pleasure of eating in Dinner by Heston Blumental during a recent visit to London. It was an extraordinary meal, with every morsel of food a memory. It is difficult to pick a highlight, but the Roast Marrowbone with snails, parsley and anchovy was especially fantastic. My dining companion thought one of the cheeses for her dessert hadn't be given enough time to breathe, but this was a minor quibble.

Very talented man.

We're the portions small?:pac:

r3nu4l · 10-11-2013 10:57PM

MadsL wrote: »

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...

I had the privilege of being at a major European Cardiology Congress in Barcelona a few years ago where Ferran Adria gave a speech about the impact of food on cardiovascular disease. His major contribution was 'carbohydrate is too cheap', something every man and his dog already knows. He may be great at boiling a few oul spuds but I can tell you, Ferran Adria knows **** all about cardiology!

MadsL · 10-11-2013 11:03PM

r3nu4l wrote: »

I had the privilege of being at a major European Cardiology Congress in Barcelona a few years ago where Ferran Adria gave a speech about the impact of food on cardiovascular disease. His major contribution was 'carbohydrate is too cheap', something every man and his dog already knows. He may be great at boiling a few oul spuds but I can tell you, Ferran Adria knows **** all about cardiology!

Why the feck did they invite him to speak then?

He was probably one of the most creative individuals on the planet for about 10 years, he wasn't reading up on cardiology ffs.

biko · 10-11-2013 11:12PM

Stheno wrote: »

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

Is he an ignoramus?

I think you make the mistake of thinking that people like the same shows as you

(I don't know this Blumentahl fella either)

Fox_In_Socks · 10-11-2013 11:22PM

desertcircus wrote: »

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

Still no warmer.

It's just food, people. Nutrition to dump inside you to keep operating, nothing important.

10-11-2013 11:24PM

I think Heston is a very creative man.

But I wouldn't touch snail porridge with a barge pole.

Fox_In_Socks · 10-11-2013 11:26PM

Candie wrote: »

I think Heston is a very creative man.

But I wouldn't touch snail porridge with a barge pole.

But the barge pole is the garnish!!!

You philistine!

r3nu4l · 10-11-2013 11:27PM

MadsL wrote: »

Why the feck did they invite him to speak then?

He was probably one of the most creative individuals on the planet for about 10 years, he wasn't reading up on cardiology ffs.

The point I'm making is that just because he's great with a pot and pan doesn't mean he's all that. If you're a foodie, he's a God, a bit like Blumenthal. If you're not a foodie then he's just a very, very good cook.

I'm not a foodie. At that time I personally knew all of the top cardiologists in the world and to me, they were absolute genii at what they did and were extremely creative in pushing the boundaries of medicine and saving patients who might otherwise die, whereas Adria was just a guy who did some great stuff with food, hardly inspiring (to me).

He was there for PR only as a favour to a friend of his who happens to be a top cardiologist.

toastedpickles · 10-11-2013 11:29PM

Its masterchef related so I'll just drop this here

MadsL · 11-11-2013 02:26AM

Candie wrote: »

I think Heston is a very creative man.

But I wouldn't touch snail porridge with a barge pole.

How would you know how it tastes then? Closed minded much?

r3nu4l wrote: »

The point I'm making is that just because he's great with a pot and pan doesn't mean he's all that. If you're a foodie, he's a God, a bit like Blumenthal. If you're not a foodie then he's just a very, very good cook.

He's more than a cook, What Adria produces is fine art. And yes, as far as I am concerned he's the indisputable god of modernist cuisine, with due respect to Hervé This as the Father of the techniques.

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KungPao · 11-11-2013 02:35AM

" So I've just about finished preparing this ham sandwich, all we need now is a touch of liquid nitrogen"

- Heston Blumental

11-11-2013 02:36AM

MadsL wrote: »

How would you know how it tastes then? Closed minded much?

I've never liked escargot. From those previous experiences I can reasonably extrapolate that I won't enjoy snail porridge.

My mind is fine Madsl, perhaps you should try to restrain yourself from making leaps of judgement though, it reflects badly.

MadsL · 11-11-2013 02:42AM

Candie wrote: »

I've never liked escargot. From those previous experiences I can reasonably extrapolate that I won't enjoy snail porridge.

My mind is fine Madsl, perhaps you should try to restrain yourself from making leaps of judgement though, it reflects badly.

Perhaps the problem is the preparation.

Frankly I'd would be quite judgemental at someone who sat down at a absolute master's table and then started with the picky eater crap...

Like going to a opera and standing up in the middle asking for not too many high notes, thanks..

r3nu4l · 11-11-2013 09:09AM

MadsL wrote: »

He's more than a cook, What Adria produces is fine art. And yes, as far as I am concerned he's the indisputable god of modernist cuisine[/url]

And? So what? He's a fine cook/chef, whatever. It's art on a plate dahling, a gastronomic sensation. If that's what floats your boat then go for it but don't expect that just because you think it's the greatest thing on Earth that everyone should automatically follow. Some of the most fantastic medical advances I've seen excite me and make me marvel but I'm sure you wouldn't care about them too much...until the time came that you needed them. I don't think you'd care too much about Ferran Adria or anyone else at that moment.

All he does is cook food. That's it. It might be tasty and it might be art but it's just food, nothing more. I appreciate fine food when I have it and have gone out of my way to have it but it's just food at the end of the day, I'm no snob about it. It comes out the other end exactly the same as a McDonalds.

You're entitled to your opinion and I'm entitled to mine. No matter how much you enthuse, no matter how much fanboi about it. you won't convince me otherwise.

MadsL · 11-11-2013 09:20AM

r3nu4l wrote: »

And? So what? He's a fine cook/chef, whatever. It's art on a plate dahling, a gastronomic sensation. If that's what floats your boat then go for it but don't expect that just because you think it's the greatest thing on Earth that everyone should automatically follow. Some of the most fantastic medical advances I've seen excite me and make me marvel but I'm sure you wouldn't care about them too much...until the time came that you needed them. I don't think you'd care too much about Ferran Adria or anyone else at that moment.

All he does is cook food. That's it. It might be tasty and it might be art but it's just food, nothing more. I appreciate fine food when I have it and have gone out of my way to have it but it's just food at the end of the day, I'm no snob about it. It comes out the other end exactly the same as a McDonalds.
You're entitled to your opinion and I'm entitled to mine. No matter how much you enthuse, no matter how much fanboi about it. you won't convince me otherwise.

Have you never considered the ripple effect of fine art, fine food or fine thinking. That applies as much to science as it does to art. We should celebrate those that push boundaries in all disciplines, it is how we stopped having to bang rocks together. Otherwise, to quote Tom Waits, we are just monkeys with money and guns.

r3nu4l · 11-11-2013 10:32AM

MadsL wrote: »

Have you never considered the ripple effect of fine art, fine food or fine thinking. That applies as much to science as it does to art. We should celebrate those that push boundaries in all disciplines, it is how we stopped having to bang rocks together. Otherwise, to quote Tom Waits, we are just monkeys with money and guns.

Of course I have and as I said I appreciate fine food when I have it but I just don't appreciate it in the same way for example as I appreciate how Picasso or Gaudi experimented with art and architecture. Picasso was about far more than cubism and his works excite me no end while others get nothing from it. I'm okay with that, I don't consider them Philistines as a result.

A friend of mine loves well designed, tight, computer code that isn't bloated and is as clean as possible. He appreciates the art that it took the programmer to make it that clean because he knows that a simpler option would have been to bolt together other pieces of previously written code and just call those routines when needed. He appreciates the time it took to put together the sleeker code and the art of slimming it down while retaining all the intended features.

Have you never considered that it's okay for you to fall all over yourself, smack your lips and wet your pants with sheer excitement when you eat something one of these guys has produced but that it's okay for me to do those things over something else entirely and not get as excited about arty nutrition? If we all got equally excited about the same things then our world would be oh so bland.

To put it another way and take your banging rocks together analogy, have you considered that I get more excited about monkeys banging other rocks together than the rocks you get excited about?

Dravokivich · 11-11-2013 10:56AM

I'm not too into this whole food is an art thing. But I've always found Heston's enthusiasm to be fascinating whenever he's on the TV. He tends to try to look at food from multiple perspectives which is rather interesting. He can be a bit caught up in his gimmicks, but I think it's more so because it's what people have come to expect of him.

Boombastic · 11-11-2013 11:05AM

thread disappoints. I taught I was going to be reading about flowers at heuston station.. anyone like a cocktail with some liquid nitrogen in it?

rubadub · 11-11-2013 11:27AM

Stheno wrote: »

Is he an ignoramus?

Can you give your definition of ignoramus?

He is of course by definition ignorant, not that that's necessarily a bad thing. Stephen Hawking is ignorant, bet he has no idea what I had for dinner the last 3 nights.

"Never memorize what you can look up in a book" - Albert Einstein (allegedly)

fedor.2. · 11-11-2013 12:09PM

TheBegotten wrote: »

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

Yep, looks that way

fedor.2. · 11-11-2013 12:12PM

r3nu4l wrote: »

Of course I have and as I said I appreciate fine food when I have it but I just don't appreciate it in the same way for example as I appreciate how Picasso or Gaudi experimented with art and architecture. Picasso was about far more than cubism and his works excite me no end while others get nothing from it. I'm okay with that, I don't consider them Philistines as a result.

A friend of mine loves well designed, tight, computer code that isn't bloated and is as clean as possible. He appreciates the art that it took the programmer to make it that clean because he knows that a simpler option would have been to bolt together other pieces of previously written code and just call those routines when needed. He appreciates the time it took to put together the sleeker code and the art of slimming it down while retaining all the intended features.

Have you never considered that it's okay for you to fall all over yourself, smack your lips and wet your pants with sheer excitement when you eat something one of these guys has produced but that it's okay for me to do those things over something else entirely and not get as excited about arty nutrition? If we all got equally excited about the same things then our world would be oh so bland.

To put it another way and take your banging rocks together analogy, have you considered that I get more excited about monkeys banging other rocks together than the rocks you get excited about?

I take it you're his only friend

Poor Uncle Tom · 11-11-2013 12:20PM

fedor.2. wrote: »

I take it you're his only friend

I see the humour hasn't risen above base level yet....

Artful_Badger · 11-11-2013 02:13PM

rubadub wrote: »

Can you give your definition of ignoramus?

He is of course by definition ignorant, not that that's necessarily a bad thing. Stephen Hawking is ignorant, bet he has no idea what I had for dinner the last 3 nights.

"Never memorize what you can look up in a book" - Albert Einstein (allegedly)

Isnt calling someone ignorant a general statement about the person ? For example Stephen Hawking might be ignorant of the facts pertaining to your diet but that doesnt make him an ignorant individual etc.

anncoates · 11-11-2013 02:21PM

His name rather tickles my cruelly judgemental proletarian fancy.

I would definitely have flushed his head down the toilet and stolen his glasses if we went to school together.

Lapin · 11-11-2013 02:23PM

Boombastic wrote: »

thread disappoints. I taught I was going to be reading about flowers at heuston station.....

Even by the poor standards of spelling usually on display in After Hours that was some stretch of imagination.

krudler · 11-11-2013 02:35PM

MadsL wrote: »

Perhaps the problem is the preparation.

Frankly I'd would be quite judgemental at someone who sat down at a absolute master's table and then started with the picky eater crap...

Like going to a opera and standing up in the middle asking for not too many high notes, thanks..

Someone being an absolute master at something isn't going to make food you don't like taste any better, he could knock up the most amazing dish ever out of packet and tripe, it'd still taste like sh1te.

Irish Guitarist · 11-11-2013 02:47PM

Some people just have no interest in pompous nonsense. Personally I'd enjoy eating some beans on toast while watching television more I would enjoy eating a tiny portion of some weird, arty concoction in an overpriced restaurant full of snobs.

Heston Blumental

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