El Bulli

The Lowdown: Atavi pasta

22-Sep-2023 By Joe Lutrario

One of the world’s most respected and influential chefs has put his name to an innovative new range of luxury pasta.

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Albert Adrià on making cutting-edge food more accessible and his love of pastry

05-Jun-2015 By Joe Lutrario

The pre-eminent chef behind Tickets and four other restaurants in Barcelona on making cutting-edge food more accessible, his love of pastry, finding success from mistakes and stepping out from the shadow of his big brother. 

Dish Deconstucted: José Pizarro's roasted monkfish with Serrano ham, black olives and thyme

05-Aug-2014 By Carina Perkins

At the recent Estrella Damm Gastronomy Congress, chef and restaurateur José Pizarro revealed the method behind a dish full of Spanish flavour: roasted monkfish with black olives, Serrano ham and thyme. 

National Restaurant Awards 2014 announced next week

26-Jun-2014 By Carina Perkins

The UK’s top chefs and restaurateurs will gather at the Hurlingham Club in London on Monday (30 June) for the prestigious National Restaurant Awards 2014.

World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2014: Will El Celler de Can Roca retain top spot?

25-Apr-2014 By Luke Nicholls

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards, sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna, takes place on Monday (28 April) and speculation is beginning to mount - will Spanish restaurant El Celler de Can Roca hold off the likes of Noma and Osteria Francescana...

David Moore: Pearls of Wisdom

07-Feb-2014 By Stefan Chomka

The founding director of Pied à Terre and L’Autre Pied, as well as the six-month pop-up Pieds Nus – all in London – discusses front-of-house, the key to industry longevity, and his latest project, barbecue restaurant 160 in Hampstead. 

World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2013: Will it be a fourth win for Noma?

26-Apr-2013 By Luke Nicholls

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, is taking place on Monday (29 April) and speculation is beginning to mount – will Danish restaurant Noma be able to match El Bulli’s record of four years at number one?

Exclusive: René Redzepi reveals secrets to Noma’s success

01-May-2012 By Luke Nicholls

René Redzepi, whose Danish restaurant Noma has been crowned the World’s Best Restaurant for the third year running, tells BigHospitality how the diminutive but innovative restaurant has been able to remain so consistent. 

Goodbye El Bulli: the World’s Best Restaurant closes

29-Jul-2011 By Becky Paskin

El Bulli, the most influential restaurant in the world, is to close tomorrow after more than two decades of pushing the boundaries of modern gastronomy.

Date set for S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2011

14-Feb-2011 By Lorraine Heller

This year’s S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurant awards are due to be announced on 18 April, marking the tenth year for the restaurant industry’s most influential awards.

Interview: Ferran Adria discusses the future of El Bulli

18-Nov-2010 By Lorraine Heller

Ferran Adria first announced the closure of El Bulli, the former S.Pellegrino World’s Best Restaurant, at the beginning of this year. Since then, speculation has circulated about the future of the restaurant as a “foundation of avant-garde gastronomy”

Noma's Rene Redzepi talks about winning the World's Best Restaurant Award

27-Apr-2010 By Chris Druce

Noma chef-patron Rene Redzepi talks to Nigel Barden about what it means to win the top accolade in the S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants Awards.

Noma is number one in S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurant Awards 2010

26-Apr-2010 By Emma Eversham

Danish restaurant Noma has taken first place in the S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants list from Spain's El Bulli

Behind-the-scenes at Ferran Adria's El Bulli workshop

21-Apr-2010 By Becky Paskin

BigHospitality, Restaurant magazine and a handful of R150 members visited the El Bulli workshop in Barcelona to find out what Ferran Adria's plans are for the future of the restaurant, which will transform into a culinary academy in 2014

Ferran Adria made tourism ambassador for Spain

04-Mar-2010 By Paul Wootton

The first European Congress of Tourism and Gastronomy was launched at the Spanish Embassy in London this week by El Bulli’s chef-patron Ferran Adrià, the country's new tourism ambassador, and Spain’s Secretary of State for Tourism, Joan Mesquida.

El Bulli restaurant to become culinary academy

22-Feb-2010 By Becky Paskin

Ferran Adria has released official details about the transformation of El Bulli, his award-winning restaurant in Roses, Spain, into a ‘Foundation of avant-garde gastronomy’

World's best restaurant El Bulli to close

28-Jan-2010 By Emma Eversham

El Bulli, voted the world's best restaurant for the fifth time at last year's S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best awards, is to close for two years chef-owner Ferran Adria has announced

Top chefs kick off The Restaurant Show 2009

12-Oct-2009 By Becky Paskin

Today sees this year's three-day run of The Restaurant Show 2009 kick off, and with a line-up that includes some of the biggest chefs in the UK (and the world) participating in live debates, interviews and demonstrations, its one not to be missed

Demos, debate and drinks as The Restaurant Show turns 21

11-Sep-2009 By Emma Eversham

The show is back in 2009 with an exciting line-up of top chefs, including Ferran Adria, Michael Caines and Richard Corrigan, competitions, top suppliers and inspiring debate. Here are BigHospitality's top five reasons to go.

Ferran Adria launches range of Borges oils

02-Sep-2009 By Stefan Chomka

The El Bulli chef proprietor will launch a range of speciality oils - based on those he uses at his restaurant -  at the Speciality & Fine Food Fair next week

Counting down to S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best 2009

09-Apr-2009 By Emma Eversham

The worlds top chefs and restaurateurs will come together in London in just 10 days time to find out where their restaurant ranks in this years S. Pellegrino Worlds 50 Best list

Merry Christmas and happy new year

24-Dec-2008 By Emma Eversham

The team at BigHospitality would like to wish all our loyal readers a very merry Christmas and a happy new year

A Day at El Bulli: an insight into the ideas, methods and creativity of Ferran Adri?

26-Nov-2008 By Carina Simon

Carina Simon finds out what Ferran Adria has to say about the book that takes us behind the scenes of his famous restaurant El Bulli

Trainee chef wins El Bulli placement

18-Nov-2008 By Emma Eversham

David Alun Powell, a catering student at Westminster Kingsway College, wins himself the chance to work with Ferran Adria at his Spanish restaurant El Bulli

The S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants 2008

22-Apr-2008 By Chris Harding

London was buzzing with gastronomic giants for the most prestigious chart count down in the business last night as The S.Pellegrino Worlds 50 Best Restaurants awards were announced.

René Redzepi, chef at Noma in Copenhagen

14-Mar-2007 By Restaurant

René Redzepi can reel off the names that were once thrown at Noma by ‘friends and colleagues' with a smile. This is partly because Danish chef humour is, it seems, as sharp as our own native variety – a relatively thick skin ...