Adria sued for partner rip off
May 8th, 2012

Adria sued for partner rip off

Spanish celebrity chef Ferran Adria is being sued by the heirs of his one-time partner, Miquel Horta, claiming he cheated Horta out of fair payment for his share of their famous El Bulli restaurant.

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Gourmet university opens
October 3rd, 2011

Gourmet university opens

Spain’s first gourmet university has opened its doors.

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Chefs claim global authority
September 14th, 2011

Chefs claim global authority

If you thought that the group of chefs gathered at a conference in Peru displayed more than a little hubris when they called themselves the G9, their subsequent release proves that this was not a culinary confab but an exercise in megalomania.

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El Bulli queue shifts to Denmark
August 5th, 2011

El Bulli queue shifts to Denmark

In its heyday, patron Ferran Adria claimed that El Bulli was capable of accepting only 0.4% of inquiries for reservations.

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August 2nd, 2011

Keith’s take: Pornography or art?

So, El Bulli is no more the most desired experience amongst the world’s legions of foodies, as Chef-Patron Ferran Adria moves on from being the stratospheric wonder pilot to a future magus of his own ivory tower.

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El Bulli bids adieu
August 1st, 2011

El Bulli bids adieu

The world’s most famous restaurant, El Bulli, served its last meal on Saturday.

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August 1st, 2011

Adria quits cooking, starts thinking

Spain’s superstar chef, Ferran Adria, yesterday closed his famous restaurant, El Bulli, for good.

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June 20th, 2011

Adria signs up to be god of junk food

He is claimed by many to be the world’s most creative chef, but the man who made people believe that industrial food processing is a culinary art is now turning his attention to junk food. Ferran Adria of Spain’s famous El Bulli restaurant has signed a deal with PepsiCo to create new ‘snack’ products.

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May 30th, 2011

Scratch and sniff magazine label opens restaurant smells

If you can’t get a booking at the famous Spanish restaurant El Bulli before it closes forever at the end of July, you could buy a copy of the latest Spanish version of Esquire magazine with El Bulli patron Ferran Adrià on the cover. A quick scratch of the wondrous one’s stibbled features and lo, the aromas of El Bulli issue forth.

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Five-volume cook book set to become new chefs’ gold standard
May 4th, 2011

Five-volume cook book set to become new chefs’ gold standard

Modernist Cuisine, a five-volume culinary reference publication due for launch in Europe and North America this week, is set to become the new gold standard reference work for the international culinary trade.

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February 21st, 2011

Adria offers graceful farewell to fierce rival

Famous Catalan chef, Ferran Adria of El Bulli restaurant, has been graceful in his public comments following the death of his most fierce critic, fellow Spanish chef, Santi Santamaria. Santamaria died of a heart attack in Singapore last week.

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September 13th, 2010

Was El Bulli going bust?

Rumours are circulating in Europe that the multiple winner of the title of the world’s best restaurant, Spain’s El Bulli, was losing as much as NZ$1 million a year. This is cited as the reason for its impending closure.

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