While the majority of us have only watched from a distance, a vast distance, at Ferran Adria's masterful creations at the world's best restaurant, El Bulli located in Roses, Spain. Sadly, that is as close as we will get. Mr. Adria announced this week that he will close the restaurant permanently in December 2011.
El Bulli receives over 2 million reservation requests per year for the only 8,000 places. This is in part, because the restaurant closes for half of the year so Adria and his staff can work on the techniques and recipes for the next season. It turns out that the restaurant was losing a ton of money and instead of closing for 2 years, as orginally planned, the team wants to focus on an academy for culinary study where talented chefs can advance molecular gastronomy wizardry and creativity to new levels.
Certainly, this is disappointing news, but I wouldn't be surprised if whatever Mr. Adria comes up with next, will be bigger and better than El Bulli.
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