Culinary alchemist Heston Blumenthal brings back the wonder and excitement of childhood food, awakening the kid in every viewer as he builds the world's largest 99 Flake, makes a packed lunch of giant KitKats, and a record breaking bag of Hula Hoops. Heston creates a whole pub inside a pie and a giant pyramid tea bag, served in a suitably enormous teapot. He also rejoices in all that is magical about Christmas treats with Britain's biggest Christmas pudding, edible tree decorations, and a snow globe and snowball cocktail.
The future of cooking, Heston tells us, lies in the secret recipes of the past. The gastronomic adventurer heads back in time through a myriad of historical and mythical culinary worlds on a mission to recreate famous period dishes for the ultimate 21st century banquets.
Heston Blumenthal reveals the secret history of some iconic British dishes and then transforms them, as only Heston can.
After years of passionately seeking culinary perfection, Heston Blumenthal demonstrates not just how to cook, but why certain things do or don't work, as he dispels some of the myths inherited from our mother's kitchen. Britain's most visionary chef delivers meticulously tested tips and techniques to help viewers transform their dinners from bog standard to reliably brilliant without even breaking a sweat. Each episode concentrates on one everyday ingredient - eggs, chicken, beef, chocolate, cheese and spuds - and features recipes for big favourites such as roast chicken, the perfect steak, and how to pull off the ultimate chocolate cake. The series is packed with straightforward advice, while special cameras show what actually happens to food as it hits the pan or roasts in the oven.
Culinary alchemist and three Michelin-starred chef Heston Blumenthal once again demonstrates his incomparable approach, revolutionising some of the nation's favourite dishes.
Heston Blumenthal uses his maverick culinary genius to dramatically re-invent food production at British Airways, the NHS, the Royal Navy and Cineworld Cinemas
The series, presented by reputed chef Heston Blumenthal, deals with the chemical processes regulating cooking and touches on the notion of "molecular gastronomy".
Heston Blumenthal has created a culinary world of magic and wonder like nothing else on the planet. His restaurants and creative projects have defined new levels of cookery excellence, and pioneered brand new ways of looking at food. But his world is about to face a challenge like no other... his flagship restaurant, his pride and joy The ‘Fat Duck’, is migrating. Heston is picking up his entire restaurant, staff and facilities, and moving it 10,500 miles to Melbourne, Australia. There he will attempt to not only open, but successfully run his whole food operation in a brand new country for seven months. This documentary series will spend a year following this remarkable adventure.
Little Chef is a British institution, with 180 roadside outlets all over the country. Olympic breakfasts and Jubilee pancakes loom large in the memories of many Brits. But the restaurant chain has been experiencing difficulties and in 2007 venture capitalists had to step in to save it from financial collapse. Now in its 50th year, Little Chef is in serious need of creative inspiration. Enter Heston Blumenthal, to take on an extraordinary culinary challenge. Heston has strong childhood memories of Little Chef, but can he work his food alchemy to breathe fresh life into the restaurant's menu and help restore it to former glories? Can a chef more used to serving up £200-a-head meals turn around the fortunes of a much loved but tired British institution?
As part of the More4 Goes Italian Weekend, Heston Blumenthal tells the story of Italian food in the UK - from spag bol to pesto, pizza to River Café, and from olive oil formerly being sold in chemists to cavolo nero being stocked in Sainsbury's.
Follow the adventures of Heston Blumenthal and his team, as they work closely with the UK Space Agency, ESA and NASA, attempting to revolutionise the previously limited world of space food.