Comments on: The Fat Duck Closed Due To Poison Scare

By: Stephen Bonner

Stephen Bonner — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:08:12 +0000

Ate there once and would go scare or no scare. Things happen it could any number of factors that are out of the control of any restaurant i.e. tainted seafood, contaminated, greens etc. Mark – El Bulli and the Jules Verne also use nepresso -)

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:53:04 +0000

Maybe it’s the nespresso they serve and someone finally found out the “coffee” inside is low grade, defect ridden crap. :)

Seriously, the fact that Fat Duck serves nespresso has been a deep sticking point for me in my perception of this place being “quality”.

By: thatguy

thatguy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:00:25 +0000

Yeah I’d say that’s a way to lose a star.

By: stephandrolet

stephandrolet — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:12:37 +0000

Well, according to the article, it`s not the first time his restaurant has come under scrutiny. It didn`t seem to hurt his Michelin Stars the first time though, and I wonder if this one will.

Does anyone know of any precedent?

By: Weston

Weston — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:42:51 +0000

apparently he has a private company do his checking for food safety (something like a corporation like milestones/earls/cactus club have). It wouldn’t stop me from eating there unless there was like mold in the walls and needed to be renovated.