Heston Blumenthal

A round-up of the top stories with the highest number of views on www.catererandhotelkeeper.com throughout 2012.

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Alastair Storey, chief executive at the UK’s largest independent contract caterer company WSH, has been named the most powerful and influential person in the UK hospitality industry. Storey, whose WSH portfolio includes BaxterStorey and Benugo, beat celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and Richard Solomons...

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Heston Blumenthal has denied reports that he is planning to open a New York outpost of Dinner. The three-Michelin-starred chef, who first opened the restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental hotel...

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Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck has retained its place as the UK's best restaurant in the Good Food Guide but Simon Rogan's L'Enclume in Cumbria has equalled its score of a perfect 10...

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Heston Blumenthal, Cobra beer and Moët & Chandon Champagne have been chosen as suppliers for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee picnic, to be held in the gardens of Buckingham Palace on 4 June. The picnic will cater for the 12,000 people attending the Diamond Jubilee Concert...

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Menus for British Airways customers during the Olympics and Paralympic Games – created by Simon Hulstone with support from Heston Blumenthal – have been unveiled. Hulstone's dishes have been inspired by the airline's menus dating back to 1948...

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Heston Blumenthal has announced plans to launch a unique online reservation "experience" for his restaurant the Fat Duck in Bray, that will give prospective diners an exclusive animated tour of the celebrated menu. On booking a table, diners will be sent an invitation ahead of their visit...

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It has been an incredible year for new restaurant launches in London. But among the plethora of high-profile openings, Heston Blumenthal's first London venture has proved a huge success with both critics and the public alike. Kerstin Kühn checked it out

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Ashley Palmer-Watts' deep fried mince pies have helped raise nearly £10,000 for the Mince Pie Project, in support of Action Against Hunger and the Jamie Oliver Foundation. The executive chef at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal was among a stellar cast of 36 chefs...

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Heston Blumenthal has hit back at a report claiming that many of the diners affected by the norovirus outbreak at the Fat Duck in 2009 could have been spared if the restaurant had acted sooner. Blumenthal closed his iconic three-Michelin-starred restaurant for two weeks in February 2009.

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