Ferran Adria, owner of the famous El Bulli restaurant in Spain, which has been rated as the top restaurant in the world for a number of years, addressed the Design Indaba in Cape Town last week, reports the EatOut newsletter.
Adria is well known for his deconstructionist approach to preparing meals. He is guided by creativity, he says, and is himself amazed that the creative inspiration still comes to him, after so many years of owning the restaurant. His current inspiration is Japan, not for its food but “the soul of the country”. “Creativity is not copying”, he said, but acknowledged that everyone is influenced by past experiences. He encouraged the chefs and food lovers attending his workshop to be passionate about food and its creation.
Adria demonstrated his controlled gellification of liquids and how to prepare soya spaghetti using a syringe. He spoke about the marriage between ecology, education and science within the world of design. El Bulli has crockery and cutlery especially designed to match its creative food.
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