Renowned for his mad - professor type style of cooking, TV chef Heston Blumenthal has set his sights on something much more challenging then creating edible wallpaper, Heston wants to try and persuade bosses of the NHS largest children’s hospital, Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool, that cheap, processed food is not acceptable and may possible be stunting recovery from illness.

In tonight’s first episode, screened on channel 4, Heston attempts to provide fun and healthy meals for the children of Alder Hey hospital, on a measly budget of £3.34 per child. From just £3.34 per head, Heston introduces his ‘Bet You Can’t Eat That’ menu, featuring a ‘snot milkshake’, a ‘vomit soup’, and ‘worms on pizza’, stating “It’s healthy ingredients disguised as fun.”

Although the new menu is well received by patients, the staff on the other hand don’t respond well to the changes. The head of catering at the children’s becomes extremely defensive insisting, “90% of the food at the hospital is cooked fresh from scratch.”

Faced with the challenge of improving the nations health whilst cooking without a kitchen, for hundreds, for less than £1 a meal, without trained staff, in some episodes, this is really is a Mission Impossible for Heston.