Raymond Blanc: 'Hospital food is edible'

Raymond Blanc has praised his hospital food.

The television chef was admitted to the John Radcliffe Hospital near Oxford earlier this month after breaking his leg at home.

"I sampled the hospital food during my stay and I'm pleased to say it was edible," he told the Oxford Mail.

"It was a pretty good try considering it is cooked for the masses. It was certainly good enough for an institution."

He also marked some of the meals, saying: "I tried the steamed haddock with potatoes and although the haddock was overcooked and quite dry, I gave the dish six and a half out of ten.

"Their best dish was a spicy chicken tikka, which was fun, and I gave that seven out of ten. The chilli con carne was not so good. It was rather watery. I was only able to give it five out of ten."

Blanc also revealed in his blog that his nurses had reprimanded him after he opened a bottle of wine despite taking medication.