Quotes by Heston Blumenthal

You think about some of the most memorable meals you've ever had the food will be good but it will often be about locating a mental memory and taste is inexorably linked to all the other senses and memory, so ultimately it is all about taste.

You need to do the work to bring the money in, but not compromise standards.

You know how sad your life is when you know the release date of DVDs.

To me, food is as much about the moment, the occasion, the location and the company as it is about the taste.

I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.

I was born in the '60s and grew up in the '70s - not exactly the best decade for food in British history. It was horrendous. It was a time when, as a nation, we excelled in art and music and acting and photography and fashion - all creative skills... all apart from cooking.

I still love doing what I do, and I'm really lucky to get up in the morning and want to go to work.

And I like asking questions, to keep learning people with big egos might not want to look unsure.