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 (Barcelona, Spain) A Show about the Leader of the Spanish Culinary Revolution ONE HOUR SPECIAL WITH ANTHONY BOURDAIN |
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the most historically important, visually dazzling, mind blowing
one-hour special, Anthony Bourdain gets permission to film in the
secret research laboratory of Ferran Adria, the most controversial
and imitated chef in the world—chef/owner of El Bulli, voted
“World's Best” by Restaurant Magazine--and the most
visited by chefs on sabbatical. The lab, an ultra modern, Dr. No-like
facility with sliding walls, backlit ingredients, latest equipment
and a full staff of devotees is tucked away inside a vast, renaissance-era
palace in the old section of Barcelona, Spain. Ferran Adria and
his chefs close the El Bulli restaurant for SIX MONTHS out of every
year to work on new concepts, flavor combinations, ambience enhancers,
and "found objects" for inspiration. Anthony Bourdain
tracks Ferran’s process from lab to a once-in-a-lifetime meal
at El Bulli restaurant. Anthony gets a unique look inside the hardest
reservation on earth--enjoying a high-concept, surrealist, haute
cuisine meal of unparalleled creativity and striking visual appearance.
Ferran Adria, an enormously charismatic, energetic and creative genius is seen at work. Words simply cannot describe the wonder or the strangeness; the exotic, alien and fabulous nature of what Adria does with--and to--food. The show ends at Adria’s favorite little hole-in-the-wall restaurant, Rafa’s, in Roses, Spain as Anthony attempts to discover "where it came from", to seek an explanation, a source for Adria's inspiration. The importance, the "gaze in wonder" factor, the sheer fabulousness of Adria's food--and his unique approach to making it (cool, quiet, comfortable conditions, little use of gas or flame, laboratory conditions, a deliberate strategy of breaking all known rules) makes this program unlike any other. |
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