 Culinary alchemist and world renowned chef, Heston Blumenthal 'I remember the wonder of being a child, when food was always exciting. But that magic I felt as a kid has often disappeared in our adult lives. I want to bring back the wonder of food on a monumental scale, to remind us just how magical food can be... and make us all feel like kids again.' Culinary alchemist and world renowned chef, Heston Blumenthal, does not baulk at tall orders and makes the wonder and excitement of childhood food possible for those willing to take the adventure. It's obvious that Heston does not take himself too seriously but he does take food seriously. In Heston's Fantastical Food, episode one of which you can preview above, Heston presents a fantastical series in which he brings back the wonder and excitement of childhood food, awakening the kid in every viewer as he creates amazing super-sized versions of meals and treats. Watch in wonder as Heston builds the world’s largest Flake, makes a packed lunch of giant Kit Kats, and creates the world’s largest boiled egg and cereal on an epic scale. He also creates a whole pub inside a pie and a giant pyramid tea bag, served in a suitably enormous teapot; and rejoices in all that is magical about Christmas treats, with the biggest Christmas pudding large enough to step inside, with edible tree decorations and a snow globe and snowball cocktail! And speaking of Christmas, the DVD of Heston's Fantastical Food is the perfect stocking filler for food loving family and friends. This magical series wows, entertains and enthrals Heston's fans and geek fans alike, who are looking for another angle to the plethora of cooking shows. It’s Fantastical and everyone's invited! And thanks to the generosity of Acorn Media Australia, I have TWO copies of the DVD to give away to readers of Good Things. Would you like to WIN a copy of Heston's Fantastical Food on DVD, valued at $34.95?! How to enter... To be in the running to win a copy of Heston's Fantastical Food, simply tell me in 50 words or less, your most favourite fantastical childhood food memory or the most scientific meal you have ever cooked or eaten. Please enter your email address with your comment so you can be reached in the event you're selected as the winner. The competition is open to Australian readers only (with apologies to my overseas readers!) and closes at midnight on Sunday, 17 November 2013. Good luck! AND THE TWO LUCKY WINNERS ARE... Stephen Scott and Jarree Shelverton. Your DVDs are on the way in the post! Thanks everyone who entered the giveaway! 
Lizzy
9/11/2013 10:31:18 am
Thanks Lorraine! : )
Susannah
9/11/2013 03:54:28 pm
A creation from my hubby who seems to even burn toast 9/11/2013 05:19:10 pm
Going to swim training and then getting a chicko roll for dinner every Tuesday night... I would freeze and shiver but I ALWAYS had that chicko roll in my swimmers straight after hopping out of the pool!
Glenda McDonnell
9/11/2013 05:34:12 pm
"The Kitchen Sink" every flavour of ice-cream known to man, plus a few that are still a mystery, with nuts, syrup, wafers and cream, everyone grabbed a spoon and dug right in, makes me wish I could be a big kid and do it all over again !
Vanda Bacich
9/11/2013 05:58:01 pm
My mother once made me a sort of rainbow birthday cake with each layer of sponge being a different flavour and it was covered in multi-coloured icing roses. It was spectacular to look at!
Glenn Hampson
9/11/2013 07:21:33 pm
As a kid lambs fry!Until I was old enough and found out it was code for something else lol
Soni
9/11/2013 09:49:19 pm
When I was younger we went to Hong Kong and I got to try red bean ice-cream... it was yummy!
Melissa Parkes
10/11/2013 01:46:23 am
as a kid the most exciting food was always the party food, chocolate crackles, fairy bread, but the best was the womens day magazine recipe birthday cakes mum made every year
Stephen Scott
10/11/2013 02:56:25 am
Don't scream in horror - but in the 70's (and as a little kid) I thought it was cool ... DRAGON TOAST! Yes, I'd jaunt into the kitchen and grate cheese, mix a bit of milk in, pummel it with pepper, then gaze into the grill to ensure my bread toasted just right. I felt so proud. Scares me to look back on it though :) 10/11/2013 07:07:11 am
Lovely reading the other comments. In my mind at least; my most fantastic childhood food memory was when I would go to meet my mother on Saturday when she worked at one of the big downtown department stores that had a fancy restaurant. I don't remember one thing I had for lunch ever except for the dessert which was always a Gold Brick Sundae. Gold Brick being the original type of hard shell topping (but made with GOOD ingredients). Boy did I love that sundae!
Lizzy
17/11/2013 09:25:24 am
Ah, sweet memories, Barbara, thank you for sharing them : ) 10/11/2013 08:12:30 am
I remember my dad mixing vegemite into our mashed potatoes when we were very little- at that age it sure felt as exciting as any of Hestons special effects :) 10/11/2013 09:14:55 am
This is a wonderful DVD good luck to everyone who enters. GG
Lizzy
17/11/2013 09:25:55 am
Thanks GG!
Judith Senese
10/11/2013 10:37:30 am
Every Sunday I would wake up to Soft boiled eggs and Country Split toasted bread. The smell was divine and the eggs were always perfect.
jules
10/11/2013 11:17:00 am
My favourite memory is when my mum let me make my own pizza, so I topped it with banana and marshmallows - try it; it's so good! 10/11/2013 12:18:28 pm
Gosh, this is fun! My first searing food memory was shortly after my family had moved to St. Louis, and we were attending a church picnic that featured BBQ. In the 50's and early 60's in Philadelphia - where I was born - BBQ meant grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, and maybe occasionally steak. In St. Louis, BBQ usually meant pork, either ribs or more frequently pork steaks (cut from the shoulder). I remember watching im amazement as the pork steaks, each as big as a plate, were prepared. And was even more amazed that one serving was one of these giant beauties - and I was going to get one. I was in heaven! Loved BBQ ever since.
Lizzy
17/11/2013 09:26:45 am
Yummo, John… chops as BIG as a plate, now that is fantastical! Thanks for stopping by!
Eha
10/11/2013 12:43:32 pm
Now, my rural paternal grandmother and my urban mother simply were not meant to get along! Said grandmother still sent a big truck of farmfood to town a couple of times a year! I could not wait! My favourites were the fresh pig blood 'cakes' made with a mix of cereals and lots of spices. Fried and eaten with lingonberry jelly! So, so yummy you could see my tummy bulging from a mile away! 10/11/2013 08:22:49 pm
Hello Lizzy, 10/11/2013 09:21:05 pm
Being at home or my grandmother's with my brother and sister, hearing the music of the Mr Whippy Van and running excitedly out into the street to join the queue if my mother said we could have one! Also the Tip Top Bakery van delivering bread to houses in our street on the school holidays and Mum buying some fresh rolls from him for us. Thank you for offering this lovely giveaway Lizzy xx
Mary
10/11/2013 09:42:25 pm
As a child I loved eating coloured popcorn. I thought it tasted and looked magical! 10/11/2013 10:20:58 pm
I love him!
jaimie webb
11/11/2013 03:11:00 pm
buffalo and kidney stew hehe i used buffalo shin meat and kidney threw in some potatoes, pumpkin, cabbage, green beans, soy sauce, sugar, some salt and pepper it was delish
Fiona Rowlands
11/11/2013 03:11:25 pm
Sunday lunches at Nanna's, it was always a roast followed by tea and scones! Every time I make a roast I think of my dear Nan and the wonderful memories.... :) What a delightful giveaway! :-) One of my favorite childhood memories is on my grandparents woodsy property in northern Canada when a bunch of Danish relatives came to visit. My Grandpa, a hunter, cooked up absolute MOUNTAINS of moose steaks for all of us. After we were done eating my Danish relatives sang songs and recited poems and taught us Danish folk dancing. I loved it. :-)
Stephen Scott
11/11/2013 11:29:39 pm
Can you imagine the "Come Dine With Me" episode we could make?
Eha
12/11/2013 11:11:50 am
[laughing aloud!] Oh no, no, no ~ no Vegemite next to my beloved balck puddingly cakes please :D !!
Lee Golder
12/11/2013 10:01:07 am
I used to love living in a multi-generation home. My German-Polish grandmother was a brilliant cook. Most of all I loved her snow custard made using egg whites stirred in to the custard at the last moment. I also used to love her potato dumpling, filled with shredded goat meat, and served in a light chicken broth.
SHARON
12/11/2013 02:02:41 pm
My favourite memory of food growing up was my Dad's nosh ups!!! Kind of like bubble and squeak only bubblier and squeakier with everything thrown in and boy it was tasty!!!!
Jacquie Bennett
12/11/2013 04:55:09 pm
Hot dogs injected with English mustard - certainly made my sausages sizzle
Falon Downing
13/11/2013 09:53:25 am
My favourite childhood food memory is trying to acquire jars of honey with my cousins from honeysuckle plants. It wasn't very succesful but it was lots of fun.
Kirsten W
13/11/2013 01:47:03 pm
I'm an engineer. Every meal I cook is planned with precision and science!
Lizzy
14/11/2013 06:30:24 am
Kiran, thanks!
Diana O
13/11/2013 10:04:59 pm
Magic toast! How Mum got the egg perfectly into the middle of the toast always blew my mind. It was as delicious as it was amazing! As I got older she removed the mystery for me, a slice of bread with a hole cut into the centre with a scone cutter. Bread fried on a pan in butter, with an egg cracked into the hole, then flipped, cooked and served to a little me who was in absolute awe of the magic on my plate.
Abby Lee
14/11/2013 12:05:23 am
I loved baking with my Dad as he was always guaranteed to get something wrong!
Jarree Shelverton
14/11/2013 01:02:26 pm
We learn't how to make "wizz fizz" in science class, My friend and I went straight home to find the ingredients, as always Mum's don't keep citric acid and Tartic acid in the pantry, so off we went to the shops and came home and made our very own wizz fizz! It was awesome!
Lizzy
14/11/2013 02:56:09 pm
Dear Liz, many thanks for that!
Margaret Hollis
14/11/2013 09:28:22 pm
Every Sunday in Yorkshire where I grew up, Roast beef and Yorkshire puddings. We always were served the Yorkshire puddings and gravy first, so that we did not eat lots of beef and there was some left for Monday dinner.
kelly mccarthy
15/11/2013 02:27:31 pm
love to win
Lizzy
17/11/2013 09:27:59 am
Well Kelly, I'm afraid you need to share your fantastical food experience to be in the running.
tammie
15/11/2013 07:33:48 pm
scientific meals...OMG try to live in a house with math/science teachers as parents. One couldn't even eat a BBQ shape without a lesson in geometry. But recipes...always precise. Kids needed to be involved and measurement was the key. I recall adding food colouring to cake with chemistry pipettes...seriously science was our life- and I wouldn't change any of those memories for the world!
Vera D
15/11/2013 11:03:44 pm
For our birthdays Mum would make the amazing multi-layered chocolate custard torte. 6 layers of yum from our loving Mum.
Donna
15/11/2013 11:08:30 pm
Snorting sherbet dips for a bet!
Tess Lindsay
16/11/2013 12:42:34 am
My daughter is Heston's #1 fan and she is so entranced by his creativity. It is my fantastical food memory to have our special mummy/daughter time watching Heston together. I even bought a Heston pudding for Christmas this year as a surprise for her <3
chloe taura
16/11/2013 07:15:18 am
My nanas Christmas Trifle was my yummiest childhood food memory. All the kids would just hang out for dessert time to dig into the most festive & colorful trifle..Layers of vanilla custard, green and red jelly, strawberries, peaches, raspberries and best of all nanas home made soft sponge cake! :-) 16/11/2013 08:42:11 am
my favourite food memory is putting fairy floss on snow and eating the pink snow
Sonja Eppinger
16/11/2013 11:49:34 am
This cake reminds me of my childhood back in Munich/Germany: Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte - Black Forrest Cake made from cherries is an ultra challange. But once it's done, it's sooo good and everybody loves it.
Emma
16/11/2013 01:57:01 pm
An apple a la Snow White, cut a tiny hole and filled with lemon juice. The expression on the unsuspecting person was priceless. 16/11/2013 05:42:52 pm
Aged 8 I had pleaded with Mum to cook Weetbix cookies on my own. I carefully weighed and measured the ingredients into the bowl and scoured the pantry for ages before asking Mum where she kept the 'creamed butter and sugar!' Mum ‘fixed the problem’ and those cookies were great!
Leah Hogan
16/11/2013 06:21:20 pm
My earliest memory is my 3rd birthday cake. My made a cupcake caterpillar. I can't remember what it tasted like, but it is my favourite food memory ever. :)
Lizzy
17/11/2013 09:29:10 am
Thanks everyone for your entries in the Heston's Fantastical Food DVD Giveaway. The competition is now closed and the two winners will be announced very soon! Stand by. Comments are closed.
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