Ferran Adria
Ferran Adria
Ferran Adrià i Acostais a Spanish chef born on May 14, 1962 in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. He was the head chef of the elBulli restaurant in Roses on the Costa Brava and is considered one of the best chefs in the world...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth14 March 1962
CountrySpain
dish given
If I were a customer, and I was given a dish with peppers, I would hate it. I also don't like blood sausage.
job washing
I was 18 when I first started working at a restaurant. I was a dishwasher. I only got the job because I wanted to go to Ibiza for vacation, and washing dishes was the only job I could find.
biggest job
I cook more theoretically than I do practically. My job is creative, and in the kitchen, the biggest part of my creativity is theoretical.
beef bell goes mix soy
Why not mix this and that? If soy goes well with fish, how come no one does beef carpaccio with soy? Why do we have such a taste and not another? It's all about culture. There is something, however, that I really don't like: bell peppers.
child children connection cook cooking early food involved life normal plays rest sports
If a child plays sport early in childhood, and doesn't give it up, he will play sport for the rest of his life. And if children have a connection with, and are involved in the preparation of, the food they eat, then it will be normal for them to cook these kind of meals, and they will go on cooking them for the rest of their lives.
regional though
There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.
aspects fascinated food perfect plus
Ferran Adria making hamburgers... some thought it was crazy. But getting them perfect was a challenge. Plus I'm fascinated by all aspects of food.
written
I don't read books regularly, because I'm always writing them. I've written 30 books, thousands of pages.
food sardines lobster
Remember that a very good sardine is always preferable to a not that good lobster.
tables hours
Food is about being happy -- at a table, thats probably where we spend most of our happiest hours...
cooking limits ifs
If you go off the edge, it's not cooking anymore, so you have to push it to the limit.... What are the limits?
stars thinking people
People need to understand. If they go to a show on Broadway and find seventy people working but only fifty spectators, how much would the ticket cost? That's what El Bulli's about. There are seventy actors who are playing for just fifty spectators. Is the price expensive? It's relative. How much does a normal dinner at a five-star hotel restaurant cost? Four hundred dollars. It's the same as El Bulli. But you can also think of it this way: How much would it cost to eat something that nobody else is eating?
simple squares needs
I am not a multimillionaire. I dont own a yacht or a Ferrari. I live in a 60-square- metre flat. My needs are simple.
hate simple luxury
I'm not a materialist, I don't care for things. I don't like cars, I hate things that can be exploited. I live a simple life. The only luxuries I have in my life are travel and food.