Talk:Heston Blumenthal

message: As pointed out in the talk page of Talk:The Fat Duck, both articles have substantially the same content, indeed the main interest in The Fat Duck is the unique techniques employed by Heston Blumenthal.  There’s not really enough information to justify two articles. --Nige 21:34, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I would suggest keeping the article on the person. His contribution to the world will last longer than the restaurant, I imagine, and the restaurant would be nothing without the man.--Macca7174 09:22, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed Merge 

message: Note that the bio page on  he claims to have been born in West London and only moving to Bucks later in life - though here he is referred to as being born in High Wycombe.
--Pstansbu 22:19, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Biography

message: Needs a pronunciation guide for his name. Even the announcers introing his programme get it wrong! - 88.111.177.35 (talk) 14:49, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's BLOO-men-tahl, everyone knows that Spiderone (talk) 08:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation

message: Where did he get his surname from? Does he have German ancestry? F W Nietzsche (talk) 22:41, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: (Part-)German?

message: It would be great to have a description of the trademark dishes. "Beef Royale" is one example that could benefit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.12.120 (talk) 12:38, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trademark Dishes

message: This section include "liquid nitrogen", which is hardly a dish. Master z0b (talk) 02:28, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: ...and he decided not to use it for safety reasons - Guardian report. Bizarre! -- John of Reading (talk) 07:27, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Signature dishes 

message: Remind me what is the lead about? Him or his restaurants? Why they all are linked I am sure but they also have separate articles,.  In any event the lead summarizes leave the awards and details to the body. So much focus on his restaurants it forgot why he is notable as a chef.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.177.196.121 (talk) 13:45, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  lead is seriously flawed  

message: This is meant to be Wikipedia, so could we add some more about him instead of a link to a website?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Titusfox (talk • contribs) 18:07, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Added details on family & new partner. Grill (talk) 20:44, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: More Bio?

message: MSc DSc ??? Where are the sources for his qualifications? 210.0.140.125 (talk) 07:24, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: See the section: "Honorary degrees and recognition" which explains when, where and why they were bestowed. The Banner talk 22:05, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Honorary degrees aren't considered real qualifications. 124.170.88.115 (talk) 05:16, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Qualifications 

message: This seriously smells of advertising. So someone can go from no/very basic knowledge of cooking to tv show in 5-7 years. Yes Daphene, there is a Santa, as well as like other myths, with the right connections and background it can be done...oh yes OBE too, which they seems to give out to everyone under a rock these days.
A bigger question is how come hes still unknown in North america, with a last name like Blumenthal, you would of think New york and Hollywood would of had a good 8 season out of a reality show from him by nowStarbwoy (talk) 19:01, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, but what is your point? Do you have any requests or suggestions for improvements? The Banner talk 19:26, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Advertising 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on Heston Blumenthal. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20140630172740/http://www.thefatduck.co.uk/Heston-Blumenthal/Our-Awards/ to http://www.thefatduck.co.uk/Heston-Blumenthal/Our-Awards/
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 14:42, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on Heston Blumenthal. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20100409091722/http://tv.sky.com/hestons-chocolate-factory-feast-review to http://tv.sky.com/hestons-chocolate-factory-feast-review
*Added  tag to http://www.reading.ac.uk/about/newsandevents/releases/PR3868.aspx
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 17:35, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Does he cook or eat non-kosher food like pork and shellfish? 86.186.93.14 (talk) 03:56, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does he cook or eat non-kosher food? 

message: The reference that Blumenthal comes from Latvian is incorrect.  It is clearly and directly translated from the German, as valley of flowers. I'm not sure how to correct the whole Latvian angle, since he may indeed have a Latvian ancestor, but that is very unlikely to be the source of his surname.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.9.99.164 (talk) 16:45, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latvian surname 

message: The largest single restaurant-related outbreak of novovirus occurred at his flagship restaurant and it's not even mentioned? Seems odd. Is there an objection to including it? —Matuko (talk) 05:16, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The full story is covered on the Fat Duck page, but it's definitely worthy of mention on this page too. Popcornfud (talk) 10:52, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  No mention of food poisoning?