<P> In 2008, Blumenthal published The Big Fat Duck Cookbook, following his BBC series' Heston Blumenthal: In Search of Perfection .' </P> <P> On 19 November 2012, British citizen Ivan Aranto Herrera Jorge and Swede Carl Magnus Lindgren, two senior members of The Fat Duck restaurant, were killed on Chai Wan Road, Hong Kong in a traffic accident when their taxi was hit by two buses . They died along with the taxi driver, Wong Kim - chung . A further 56 people were injured in the accident . Blumenthal had been in Hong Kong and was travelling in a separate cab at the time of the crash . </P> <P> On 31 March 2014, Heston Blumenthal announced he would be closing the restaurant for renovations for 6 months and temporarily relocating it with its entire team to Crown Towers, Melbourne, Australia . The restaurant will be called The Fat Duck for 6 months before being renamed Dinner by Heston Blumenthal . This will be the second restaurant with that name and will be Blumenthal's first restaurant outside of Britain, and his sixth in total . This temporary closure of the Bray location caused the restaurant to become ineligible for assessment for the 2016 Michelin Guide, thus losing its 3 - starred status which it regained the following year . </P> <P> On 27 February 2009, Blumenthal closed his restaurant temporarily after a number of customers reported feeling unwell at different times . By 3 March the source of the outbreak was still unclear but sabotage had been ruled out . A spokesman for the restaurant said "All this leads us to believe that it (the health scare) has not come from the restaurant and we expect to be given the all clear ." On 6 March it was reported that 400 people had stated they had felt unwell after eating at the restaurant . Boxing promoter Frank Warren said he was "very disappointed" with his treatment after becoming sick following his visit . He said "Everything was fabulous about the evening--the food, the setting, the service, it was unbelievably good but unfortunately, afterwards, all of us were ill". </P>

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