Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal has seen fit to hike the prices at his three-Michelin-starred Fat Duck restaurant by a third.
Our wizard chef raised up the cost of his 12-course tasting menu from £130 ($189) to £140 ($204) this week. But why stop there? He plans to eventually bring it up to £170 ($248), making it the most expensive tasting menu in the UK.
However, the Fat Duck's prices are still nowhere near those of the three-star restaurants in Paris, with menu prices soaring over €250 ($312)) for their Menus Prestiges.
The explanation was simple enough, Blumenthal said the hike was the result of the sheer investment in staff, produce and research that goes into the production of the Fat Duck's menu.
"The costs associated with employing 45 chefs to cook for, on average, 42 covers a service are huge."
Just remember, The Fat Duck did lose hundreds of thousands of pounds when it was forced to shut for two weeks all because of that norovirus thing and a bunch of people vomiting earlier this year.
