Ferran Adrià
Chef de Cuisine
CV of Ferran Adrià
| Date of birth | 14.05.1962 in Santa Eulàlia, Barcelona, ES |
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| Training | 1980: Hotel Playafels, Ibiza |
| CV | 1981: Club Cala Leña, Ibiza, 1982: Finisterre, Barcelona 1982-1983: Military Service, Navy, Cartagena (as part of the kitchen staff of the Admiral of the Fleet) 1983: el Bulli, Cala Montjoi, Roses (chef de partie) since 1984: Chef de cuisine together with Christian Lutaud since 1986: Chef de cuisine 1990: **Michelin 1992: built show and research kitchen 1998: *** Michelin |
| Philosophy | Cooking is more than an art. |
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| Member of | Eurotoques |
| Awards | 2002: "The World's Best Restaurant", Restaurant Magazine (English trade journal) "Ferran Adriá does the most exciting things in our profession", Paul Bocuse 2008: 3rd place in the category 'The World's Best' in the ballot carried out by Gourmet-Portal.com |
| Special aspects | It was whilst he was working as a dish-washer in Hotel Playafels in Ibiza that Ferran Adrià discovered cooking. Later on the chef introduced him to traditional Spanish cuisine. |
"Cocinar en casa", 2003, Ferran Adrià, Juli Soler, Albert Adrià, ISBN 84-933100-0-X, € 18.-
"elBulli 98-02", 2002, Hampp, Stuttgart ISBN: 3930723697, € 160.-
Available here in the SHOP
"10-minute Cooking", TV Show