Initial estimates suggested up to 40 people were struck down after eating at his three-star Michelin restaurant in Bray, Berkshire. But the figure has now leapt to 400 possible cases, said investigators from the Health Protection Agency (HPA). The TV chef last week decided to close the famous restaurant after diners suffered vomiting and diarrhoea, and was hoping to reopen just days later. Tests by his own food consultants ruled out food poisoning, indicating it was likely to be a gastro virus. Sabotage or plain bad cooking?? http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News鈥?/a>|||I have a friend who is an Environmental health officer. 10 years ago she was on the 'restaurants' section...lets just say our choice of eateries halved overnight. It was always the nicest looking restaurants that had the worst horror stories. I'm not saying this is the case with the Fat Duck cos these things do just happen..it doesn't always indicate hygiene or such like -communicable diseases amongst humans is just the price we pay for being pack animals! I read this week that Heston shaves his hair because he has really tight curls and it would look like an afro...this has freaked me far more than the other news...Can you see him with mad curly hair?|||Apparently, they all have what is commonly known as Mediaitis! This disease starts with a select few obtaining a bout of food poisioning in a popular restaurant, then, due to an increase in media activity, the bug develops and morphs to this highly contaigous form! Symptoms include skiving off work, lying, induced vomiting and a heavy dose of laxatives. In other words, some will have food poisoning, but most will fake it for their moment of fame.|||Neither. My son has had severe vomiting and diarrhoea all week, and has passed it on (Thanks!!) to everyone else in the family. He got it at nursery, almost every other child in his room has it, or has had it in the past week. I don't blame the nursery - these things just happen. People get ill. Heston has done everything he needed to, it's just one of those unfortunate things.|||Hmm well it could be food poisoining however we had a family get together where every one came down with a d and v bug except myself and my sis in law,who were vegetarians at the time- one of the relations ended up in hospital and docs said it could have been a virus brought in by the caterers or airbourne in the room,but odd that the only veges didn't get ill?|||There is only so much messing around that food can take.It was bound to happen at some time. it,s possible that it wasnt the food that caused it but the water supply.That happened to me once in a hotel i owned in Cornwall.All the guests were ill and also the guests in the hotel behind mine because the mains water was contaminated by sewage--a nightmare for anyone connected with catering|||Fatuous self congratulation and a large pinch of 'head up ones own @rse' in my opinion. I don't doubt the guy is a genius, did you see the Victorian feast thing? My only problem with it is that there wasn't one thing that made me go "Mmm, that looks nice" Too much messing about with food and not much real substance!|||Heston was on TV yesterday, claiming it was a virus, as people had phoned in and told him that even though they had eaten there, that their children had caught the same thing, and were not at the restaurant. Who knows though? Suppose it'll all come out in the wash.|||It's probably a virus but for it to have been passed on to his customers in one evening I'm presuming one of his staff was the source, in which case maybe their hygiene standards need improving. Those viruses are nasty though and easily spread.|||probably just a narvo virus thing is though, the more you play about with food, the more you open up pathways of infection keep it simple, do it well|||Wrong type of snail in the porridge... http://declubz.com/blog/wp-content/uploa鈥?/a>|||He lost a fortune didnt he? I suspect sabotage or possibly an angry customer annoyed at paying 拢130 for bacon and egg ice cream and snail porridge!|||I'm pretty sure it was just a virus. Still, theres no such thing as bad publicity. even more people will be on the waiting list to pay a fortune for his revolting creations. Theres nowt as queer as folk........|||A fat snail.|||idn sorry|||Undoubtedly Snail Porridge.......Who on earth would want to eat that!

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