Heston's Feasts
| Heston's Feasts | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Cooking show |
| Starring | Heston Blumenthal |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Patricia Llewellyn |
| Producer(s) | Patrick Furlong |
| Location(s) | London, England |
| Cinematography | Danny Rohrer, Sarah Myland |
| Editor(s) | John McNamee |
| Camera setup | Multi camera |
| Running time | 42–48 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Original release | 3 March 2009 – 18 May 2010 |
| External links | |
| Official Website | |
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.
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.
The basis for this episode was the Victorian era and Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Blumenthal serves a feast themed around the Middle Ages, when chefs used gastronomic trickery to entertain the royal court.
For his Tudor period feast, Blumenthal draws inspiration from the extravagant royal banquets of Henry VIII.
Blumenthal creates a feast inspired by the gluttonous meals of the ancient Roman Empire.
Blumenthal serves his guests a Christmas-themed banquet.
Blumenthal draws inspiration from the psychedelic 1960s and emulates his fictional hero, Willy Wonka of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The six guests are TV presenter Ben Shephard, singer Mica Paris, TV presenter Tim Lovejoy, entertainer Patti Boulaye, actress Tamsin Egerton and broadcaster Mike Read.
The basis for this episode was children's fairytales, and also the extravagance and gluttony surrounding the Regency Era. The fairytales that inspired dishes in the episode are Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White and Hansel and Gretel. The six guests are television presenter Jenni Falconer, television and radio broadcaster Caroline Feraday, writer Hardeep Singh Kohli, actor Alex Norton, actress Fay Ripley and historian Dan Snow.
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