Heston Blumenthal: What has been your biggest disappointment?

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Recorded Heston Blumenthal said elsewhere, not written here

When we bought the contaminated oysters and I made the decision to close the Fat Duck, not knowing if I would ever open again.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 October 2011 source ↗

Others on this question

Susan Greenfield British scientist

Although I have a driving licence, I don't drive – I am very bad at it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2011 source ↗

Enrique Iglesias Spanish singer

Trusting someone that was a fake.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 August 2010 source ↗

Meg Rosoff American novelist

Not being born a boy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2013 source ↗

Lucy Worsley English historian

That I am not a chorus girl in a West End musical.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2017 source ↗

Professionally, it has to be when I got my third star.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 October 2011 source ↗

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