Quotes from 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.

It was not easy with a newborn, asking your wife to give up the family home and your security.

A lot of country pubs will receive Michelin stars.

We were saving, saving, saving then going to France and blowing the money eating. She was a nurse and had never experienced fine dining but she loved it, too. Our mates thought it absurd.

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

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

This kitchen is completely calm. Some of the old-fashioned chefs - they become kings in their kitchen, they've got to be called chef. But I don't care if someone calls me chef or Heston, it really doesn't bother me.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

I have this desire to keep improving, so I find fault.

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