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Daily Mail
a day ago
- Daily Mail
Heston Blumenthal says weight-loss drugs craze is ruining Britain's restaurants - even though he takes them himself
Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal says weight-loss drugs are killing restaurants - despite taking them himself. He said that people are going to want smaller portions because brands like Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro stop appetite. As a result, there has been a decline in desire for tasting menus at fine dining restaurants such as his three-Michelin-starred The Fat Duck. Meanwhile, labour, ingredients and fuel costs have increased while diners' appetites are decreasing and so they are ordering less. The chef admitted he is worried for the future of his industry and believes it will only get worse when the weight-loss drugs become more accessible in the form of over the counter patches or tablets. His restaurant group has taken a hit as it reported post-tax losses in 2024 of £2.1 million, after a loss of £1.4 million in 2023. However Blumenthal has been taking Wegovy to to combat the effects of his bipolar medication. He was sectioned following an acute manic episode in 2023. The illness caused the father-of-three to suffer hallucinations that led him to see phantom guns and believe the television was talking to him. He was eventually admitted to a psychiatric hospital for three weeks, where he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. But high doses of treatment has caused him rapid weight gain. 'I've put on so much weight, but it's starting to come off now,' he said. 'I've lost eight kilos,' he told Times Radio. The bipolar medication has also caused 'brain fog', slurred speech and problems with balance. It was his wife, entrepreneur Melanie Ceysson, who asked doctors to admit him for psychiatric treatment. I was only until he was sectioned he knew he had bipolar and thought he had only been living with an ADHD diagnosis he got in 2017. 'I had no idea. No idea at all,' Blumenthal said. 'And upon reflection, I realised that some of my past behaviour has not been normal.' He has previously spoken of having a lot of road rage as a teenager. He also recalled that upon starting The Fat Duck he was able to survive on very little sleep - and suspects this was another potential early warning sign of bipolar disorder. The multi-award winning restauranteur said he still has suicidal thoughts, but they have lessened in intensity.
Times
a day ago
- Times
How I cut out ‘food noise' and lost 40lbs
Over the past six years I've lost more than 40lb (almost three stone). It has been a long road to find 'peace' with food and my body, and at the age of 47 I have done it at long last. Healing a complicated relationship with food that involved years of binge eating and yo-yoing weight was difficult — but it is beginning to feel less of an achievement now that everyone else seems to be doing it with ease. Watching the pounds melt off people around me thanks to a relatively quick course of Mounjaro or Ozempic, I feel like someone who made careful investments and earned a modest amount of money just as others around me enjoy a lottery win. I've spent most of my life trying to manage my weight and now that I've finally done it, at a time when everyone seems to be getting teenier and teenier, it sometimes feels daft to have done it the 'hard way'. Perhaps it irks me because overcoming disordered eating and yo-yoing weight isn't something that just happens with an injection. It's a huge undertaking and for me it's a process that never really ends.
South Wales Guardian
a day ago
- South Wales Guardian
Heston Blumenthal warns weight loss drugs will be bad for food industry
Blumenthal, who has been awarded seven Michelin stars over the course of his career, said of the injections: 'You still enjoy food, but it stops appetite. 'So what's going to happen is people are going to want smaller portions. 'Supermarkets are going to be hit massively. I even heard in the news that airplanes are going to save lots of money because of the weight loss,' he told Times Radio. He said he believes the issue is 'going to get much worse in the next six months'. He also told host Jane Mulkerrins he is taking Wegovy to combat the effects of his bipolar medication. 'I've put on so much weight,' he said. He said Wegovy is helping him lose weight, describing it as a 'paradox' given he is a restaurateur. Blumenthal, who presented Channel 4 shows Heston's Fantastical Food and Heston's Feasts, was sectioned following a manic episode and given a diagnosis of bipolar disorder in November 2023. He has since spoken widely of learning to live with the condition, and was the subject of BBC documentary Heston: My Life With Bipolar, which was broadcast in June.
