Heston had long believed his emotional highs and lows were just part of who he was - part of the creative chaos that fuelled his culinary genius. In the early years, his imagination ran riot in a ...

Heston Blumenthal on his bipolar diagnosis: ‘I touched my wife’s knee – I actually felt it. But she wasn’t there’ The grand ringmaster of British cuisine talks to Chris Bennion about ...

Heston Blumenthal has spoken of his struggles with mania and the impact it had on the people he loves, 18 months after he was sectioned. The 59-year-old chef, known for his Channel 4 shows Heston's ...

Heston Blumenthal’s BBC documentary My Life with Bipolar ought to be a wake-up call Celebrity chef opens up about being sectioned in this one-off programme that is most arresting when looking at ...

Fun. If you saw Heston: My Life with Bipolar, shown on BBC Two on Thursday, you’ll know that things have changed for the grand ringmaster of British cuisine. In November 2023, Blumenthal was forcibly ...

Blumenthal believes that his chosen career is the reason that his bipolar disorder was not spotted until he was 57. “Things were compartmentalised by the kitchen,” he says.

Heston Blumenthal broke down in tears and apologised as his son revealed the devastating impact of his bipolar battle on their family.

In 2023, while at his home in France, Heston Blumenthal was sectioned. In Heston: My Life With Bipolar (BBC Two), a ...

“How come it’s taken me until my 57th year of life to discover that I have bipolar?” asks Heston Blumenthal, in the sobering new BBC Two documentary Heston: My Life with Bipolar. The chef – whose ...