A famous chef went on a 6-month mission to create the perfect hamburger - here's what he came up with

Everyone has an opinion about the perfect hamburger, and a growing number of fanatics have made it their mission to hunt down the ultimate combination of patty, bun, and condiments, Benjamin Wallace wrote in New York magazine last year.

But Heston Blumenthal, the chef behind London's Michelin three-star restaurant The Fat Duck, took a scientific approach to creating the ultimate burger back in 2007 for an episode of the short-lived BBC show "In Search of Perfection."

After six months, Blumenthal's team revealed what the chef called "my perfect hamburger."

We dug up the episode and broke down Blumenthal's quest for burger perfection.