Heston Blumenthal: In Search of Perfection

Latest Episodes

• Season 2 Episode 8: Trifle

  The chef concludes his culinary explorations with the trifle. His surprising starting point is the boxed variety, but disappointed by the results, he is soon in more usual territory with trips to Spain and Holland hunting for sherry and the creamiest custard. As ever, taking his pursuit of perfection to the extreme, he milks a cow directly into a bowl of cider and sees a tampon used to demonstrate how people's taste receptors can become blocked. Last in series

• Season 2 Episode 7: Risotto

  The chef experiments with risotto. In its Italian homeland he tests out the classic and modern versions of the dish, before returning to the UK, where the simplicity of cooking rice is almost his undoing. Only when he has specified the key ingredients does everything fall into place, and he feels ready to add cappuccino and his own malty 'salty' sugar cube

• Season 2 Episode 6: Chilli Con Carne

  The chef sets out to create the ultimate chilli con carne and looks for inspiration at a cook-off in downtown Washington DC. Back in Bray, he decides to find out why diners crave painfully hot spices by feeding one of his employees an oil that's nine times stronger than a natural chilli and sending him for an MRI scan