Ferran Adria

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.

Alan Bird: Pearls of Wisdom

22-Feb-2013 By Emma Eversham

Alan Bird was chef at the Ivy for 19 years before going on to work with the Soho House Group. His first restaurant Bird of Smithfield, a five-storey bar, restaurant and events space, is due to open its doors at the end of March in Smithfields, London. 

Pearls of Wisdom: Elena Arzak

02-Dec-2011 By Emma Eversham

Elena Arzak is the third generation of chefs to work at Arzak in San Sebastian in Spain. She currently runs the restaurant, number eight on the S.Pellegrino World's 50 Restaurants list, with her father Juan Mari.

Modernist Cuisine: BigHospitality talks to Nathan Myhrvold and Maxime Bilet

14-Oct-2011 By Emma Eversham

It has been endorsed by Heston Blumenthal, Ferran Adria, Thomas Keller and David Chang, so it's no wonder that Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking is one of the most talked-about books in the culinary world.

Learning from abroad: Pubs and bars

22-Jun-2011 By Emma Eversham

As pubs and bars struggle to cope with alcohol tax rises and red tape, operators who want to do more than simply survive need to come up with new ideas to boost their business. In the third part of this month's feature we take a look at some of the...

Omar Allibhoy plans to take tapas bars across UK

18-Nov-2010 By Lorraine Heller

Young Spanish chef Omar Allibhoy will next week launch a tapas bar in London’s Westfield shopping centre, which he plans to be the first in a series of venues to open throughout the UK

Albert Roux to launch The Restaurant Show 2010

14-Jul-2010 By Becky Paskin

Albert Roux OBE will officially open the Restaurant Show 2010 (11-13 October), joining a host of celebrated chefs attending the annual event this year

S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Academy dinner at The Dorchester

26-Apr-2010 By Becky Paskin

As the S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants Academy met for the final time before the 2010 list is revealed, BigHospitality was there to find out who the judges thought might be at the top this year

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.

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

Heston Blumenthal and friends cook up £140k for Action Against Hunger

15-Oct-2009 By Becky Paskin

A fine wine auction and dinner hosted by top chefs Heston Blumenthal, Angela Hartnett, Fergus Henderson and Herbert Berger has raised over £140k for Action Against Hunger