Blumenthal-Style Chef Blows Off His Hands

A German chef has blown his hand off after experimenting with a Heston-Blumenthal cooking technique.
The 24-year-old had his other hand amputated in hospital.
It happened at his girlfriend's mother's house near Berlin when he went into the bathroom with a bottle of liquid nitrogen.
Liquid nitrogen can cause frostbite in humans upon contact, and can also create an explosion if the liquid turns to gas too quickly.
Heston Blumenthal rose to fame cooking with the chemical - a technique known as "molecular gastronomy".

Chef Ferran Adria, head chef of elBulli demonstrates how liquid nitrogen is used in cooking. WATCH

Keanu Reeves Celebrity Chef?

Keanu Reeves has been working on his skills in the kitchen and is thinking about taking a break from his movie career to focus on food.

Reeves has also been inspired by the book ‘Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor’ by French TV chef-and-chemist Herve This.

(Herve This pictured below)

Reeves said, “I am dabbling in cooking and looking at becoming a chef.

Herve is fantastic. I didn’t really cook before but this book may be changing my life.”