"Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things."
--Theodore Levitt
More and more, culinary art is creeping its way into our everyday lives. The number of available gourmet cooking and home entertaining magazines has grown abundantly, there is an increasing emphasis on healthy eating, daily gourmet food columns in newspapers as well as cooking shows on most television channels. Food writers and chefs alike are revered as gods and gourmet has become the norm.
There is, however, one modern day chef who is pushing the boundaries of traditional cuisine as well as those of modern day gastronomy. Heston Blumenthal is known for his continuous supply of innovated dishes, some of which include bacon and egg ice cream as well as snail porridge.
Heston's Feasts airs on SBS at 8.30 pm on Thursday nights. Each week, Blumenthal and his culinary team revisit a specific time period and provide their take on the popular food of that era.
Last night's show returned to the 1960s with a Willy Wonka theme. The menu included lickable wall paper, psychedelic duck l'orange and a woodland Magic Mushroom dish- all presented in a candied Wonka style.
Without pioneers, such as Blumenthal, the culinary scene would remain drab and stagnant. These innovators provide excitement and interest within the world of food and ensure progression generation after generation.
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