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| Fat Duck sicknesses rise to 400 | Fat Duck sicknesses rise to 400 |
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| The number of people who have reported feeling ill after eating at Berkshire's Michelin-starred restaurant the Fat Duck has risen to 400. | The number of people who have reported feeling ill after eating at Berkshire's Michelin-starred restaurant the Fat Duck has risen to 400. |
| Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal closed his restaurant in Bray more than a week ago after 40 customers fell ill. | Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal closed his restaurant in Bray more than a week ago after 40 customers fell ill. |
| Mr Blumenthal said tests had ruled out food poisoning. | Mr Blumenthal said tests had ruled out food poisoning. |
| In a statement the Health Protection Agency (HPA) said cases reported to the restaurant had risen since media coverage of the outbreak. | In a statement the Health Protection Agency (HPA) said cases reported to the restaurant had risen since media coverage of the outbreak. |
| Boxing promoter Frank Warren said he fell ill after eating at the restaurant with friends and would welcome an apology. | |
| "I really [did] enjoy the experience of it all," he said. The people I was with, all of them are still suffering Boxing promoter Frank Warren | |
| "Heston's obviously a very talented guy, I watch his programmes and I hope he gets it sorted out. | |
| "The people I was with, all of them are still suffering." | |
| The HPA's Thames Valley Health Protection Unit is working with the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead's environmental health department to investigate the outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea. | The HPA's Thames Valley Health Protection Unit is working with the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead's environmental health department to investigate the outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea. |
| The restaurant remained shut on Friday. | |
| Dr Graham Bickler, regional director of the HPA south east region, said: "This is a very complex outbreak.The tasting menu at the Fat Duck costs £130 | |
| "We are working closely... to explain what happened and to ensure that the risks of it happening again are reduced as much as possible." | "We are working closely... to explain what happened and to ensure that the risks of it happening again are reduced as much as possible." |
| Samples have been taken from foodstuffs, people who have reported feeling ill, and staff and work surfaces in the search for the cause of the illness. | Samples have been taken from foodstuffs, people who have reported feeling ill, and staff and work surfaces in the search for the cause of the illness. |
| Mr Blumenthal, 42, has spoken of how the outbreak has been an awful setback - the chef has cancelled more than 500 bookings. | |
| He said the entire menu had been tested and all results had proved negative. Final tests are being carried out to see if an airborne virus caused the sickness. | He said the entire menu had been tested and all results had proved negative. Final tests are being carried out to see if an airborne virus caused the sickness. |
| Charlie Bedford-Forde went to the Fat Duck to celebrate his birthday in January. | |
| His brother and mother became ill and believes the cause could be a winter vomiting bug. | |
| "While we all had a fantastic time, my brother and mother fell ill with diarrhoea and vomiting, for five days after," Mr Bedford-Forde added. | |
| Thorough investigation | |
| "My brother is a chef in a Michelin-starred restaurant in Kent and therefore provided samples to the doctor which were tested and came back totally negative." | |
| Councillor Phillip Bicknell, the council's lead member for public protection, said: "We are committed to the welfare of our residents and visitors to the restaurant and need to ensure the investigation is thorough." | Councillor Phillip Bicknell, the council's lead member for public protection, said: "We are committed to the welfare of our residents and visitors to the restaurant and need to ensure the investigation is thorough." |
| Diners at the Fat Duck - one of only three restaurants in the UK with three Michelin stars - can experience dishes such as snail porridge or scrambled egg and bacon ice cream. | Diners at the Fat Duck - one of only three restaurants in the UK with three Michelin stars - can experience dishes such as snail porridge or scrambled egg and bacon ice cream. |
| Opened in 1995, The Fat Duck was voted "the best place to eat on Earth" by Restaurant magazine in 2005. | |
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