8.4 /10 1 Votes
Starring Heston Blumenthal Original language(s) English No. of episodes 12 First episode date 3 March 2009 Executive producer Patricia Llewellyn | 8.4/10 IMDb Country of origin United Kingdom No. of seasons 2 Location(s) London, England Final episode date 18 May 2010 Genre Cooking show | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations International Emmy Award for best Non-Scripted Entertainment Similar Heston's Fantastical Food, Heston Blumenthal – In Sear, The F Word, Masterchef (UK), Gordon's Great Escape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Heston's Feasts is a television cookery programme starring chef Heston Blumenthal and produced by Optomen for Channel 4. The programme follows Blumenthal as he conceptualizes and prepares unique feasts for the entertainment of celebrity guests. The first series premiered on 3 March 2009, followed by a second series of seven episodes beginning in April 2010.
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Summary
In each episode, Heston Blumenthal invites six celebrity guests to a four-course feast in which the dining room, food, and presentation are themed around a period of history. Blumenthal begins by researching the history, science and myth surrounding dishes of the past. He often experiments with exotic ingredients or tests unusual cooking techniques to remake historical dishes in his own style. Often, he will chase a lead and not serve the dish for various reasons such as impracticality or taste. In the dining room, Blumenthal presents each course with theatrics for the purpose of entertaining or even shocking his guests. The guests are different every episode and have included comedians, British nobility, and journalists.
Reception
In 2010, Heston's Feasts won the Royal Television Society Award for best features and lifestyle series.
Writing for The Guardian, TV critic Sam Wollaston praised the episode "Heston's Chocolate Factory Feast" as "an extraordinary cornucopia of joy and wizardry and humour."
