El Bulli
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Sep 15, 2026
Bruno VerjusGUEST
Yeah.
Bruno VerjusGUEST
Like El Bulli, Ferran Adria, like Can Roca, like Diverso, like Alchemist, all these kind of restaurants, which are very good friends now.
Bruno VerjusGUEST
But that was the restaurant I was, I was buying tickets to cross the world to eat there.
Bruno VerjusGUEST
And now I feel like, oh my God, I'm one of them.
Wolfgang PuckGUEST
You drink so much.
Wolfgang PuckGUEST
I remember when I went to El Bulli, we had 36 courses.
Daniel ShemtobHOST
It's a lot.
Wolfgang PuckGUEST
And I know them, and even it was for free, but I was annoyed by it.
ChristianGUEST
And he had done consulting work for him in the past.
ChristianGUEST
And I told Rene, who is a pupil of Ferran Adria, who was at one point the best chef in the world with his restaurant, El Bulli, in Barcelona, Spain.
ChristianGUEST
So Rene worked for him for like a decade, and then he came to the United States, and he had all this Spanish experience.
ChristianGUEST
But Rene is also from the Dominican Republic.
StellaHOST
Having worked in all these different countries, this might be difficult to summarize in a few words, but how do you find, what do you think the difference is between the food culture, hospitality in Barcelona, in London, in the US, in Argentina?
Federico CassinoGUEST
I think in that moment in Barcelona, El Bulli was closing so a lot of really amazing chefs that they were working there they opened restaurants so it was a moment of amazing restaurants but I was like working six days and six days so like I only had one day to like go and see other things yeah I worked speed shifts so like I was like constantly in the restaurant I was skinny really skinny and uh but yeah it was a really I felt like that was a really good moment to be around there um But I'm really in love with London.
Federico CassinoGUEST
I think, like, top three.
Federico CassinoGUEST
Between the top three in the world, like, yeah.
Marti BuckleyHOST
And again, another thing we have to mention, modern fine dining owes Cataluña a debt.
Marti BuckleyHOST
El Bulli, Ferran Adria's restaurant on the Costa Brava, closed though since 2011, of course, rewired restaurant cooking worldwide, trained a generation of chefs who now run kitchens in Cataluña and far beyond, and really is just like this unforgettable moment in worldwide fine dining.
Marti BuckleyHOST
For now, the economy runs on industry, pharmaceuticals, cars, tech, tourism, food.
Marti BuckleyHOST
If you ask Spaniards from other regions what they go to Catalonia for, a lot of them will say calzatadas, Costa Brava, skiing in the Pyrenees, wine in Priorat and Penedes or rice at the Ebro Delta.
Simon GaultHOST
So you're really putting yourself on the line when you do that multi-course menu.
Simon GaultHOST
I remember going to El Bulli.
Simon GaultHOST
and, you know, it was 30-something courses, and there was 50 people for dinner, and there were 56 staff, you know.
Simon GaultHOST
But, you know, I tell you, all 30-odd courses were, some of them were like, yeah, right, well, I'm glad I tried that, but thanks, you know.
Paul SmithGUEST
And he was all you know, he was best friends with Anthony Bourdain, French guy, Le Bernardin in New York City.
Paul SmithGUEST
You know, I think Fernan Adria from El Bulli in Spain, he was kind of the father of molecular gastronomy.
Paul SmithGUEST
You know, I am super excited.
Paul SmithGUEST
There wasn't a better ambassador, I think, of food as Anthony Bourdain.
Katrina MarkoffGUEST
interesting that art and science are like interesting to me.
Katrina MarkoffGUEST
And then the opposites of like things that they were doing in some of these restaurants, especially at El Bulli, just blew your mind.
Katrina MarkoffGUEST
Like they would make, you know, savory tomato sorbet.
Katrina MarkoffGUEST
And like at that time, like no one was doing that as ice cream was sweet and cream-based.
Peter KreinerGUEST
So I believe
Carsten SchackHOST
actually the restaurant before you guys was El Bulli.
Carsten SchackHOST
That was actually the number one in the world and it had this whole reputation.
Carsten SchackHOST
You couldn't get in and it was this special place.
Carsten SchackHOST
Did you guys take over from El Bulli after they were number one? Did you take over the number one spot?
Peter KreinerGUEST
We actually did.
Peter KreinerGUEST
Must have been a shock to them.
Peter KreinerGUEST
I remember it was back in 2010, as I said before, we were number one the first time.
Antonio LaiGUEST
Uh, yeah, so very lucky enough.
Antonio LaiGUEST
And also, uh, very lucky enough to spend couple of day, uh, learning those El Bulli technique and method.
Christophe SadonèsHOST
Right.
Antonio LaiGUEST
You know? Yeah, that's...
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