elBulli1846
Museum · Girona ·
Museum dedicated to innovation, knowledge, and culinary history
Museum dedicated to innovation, knowledge, and culinary history
"Ferran Adrià’s El Bulli pioneered modernist and molecular gastronomy, profoundly influencing contemporary culinary practice and training a generation of leading chefs (including José Andrés and René Redzepi). The original restaurant closed in 2011 and was transformed into a foundation, research lab, and museum project known as El Bulli 1846, preserving its legacy of experimentation." - Hillary Dixler Canavan
"The delicate technique of spherification was born at Spain’s legendary el Bulli, the three-Michelin-starred institution where Andrés worked as a young chef. That molecular approach was featured as a challenge on Yes, Chef!, when contestants were asked to create a believable-looking olive that bursts with silky, liquid flavor in one bite — and that very tapa is now being offered as a limited special at Andrés’s Bazaar locations." - Tierney Plumb
"Selinger uses an anecdote about traveling internationally to illustrate how her relationship to extreme fine dining has changed: she once picked up and flew to Spain for a reservation at a famed tasting-menu restaurant and “was able to sit through a seven-hour meal,” but now admits she “don’t really have the constitution for that anymore.” That example is offered to show the closing of a chapter in her life—she still values the magic of a dining room and the right meal at the right time, but no longer feels comfortable in ultra-formal dining environments with turned-over silverware and multi-thousand-dollar bottles." - Bettina Makalintal
"A unique place in Cala Montjoi, created and designed to transmit what the restaurant represented, generate educational content, and promote innovation and self-learning in gastronomy; the visit ultimately confirms what elBulli was: a benchmark in the Catalan, Spanish, and world gastronomic scene." - The MICHELIN Guide
"Once a pioneering modernist- cuisine restaurant that helped popularize gelees, foams and spherification, it closed in 2011 and was converted into a museum conceived as an “ideal ecosystem for creativity.” That museum is being offered as an ultra‑exclusive, one-night Airbnb stay for two guests via a lottery: the stay is free but winners must travel to Roses (car service from a nearby airport is provided) and meet eligibility requirements such as being 18+ with an active Airbnb profile and good platform history. The centerpiece is a striking “plate-shaped” bed inspired by the chef’s liquefied olive dish — press images make it look odd (likened to a 1700s horsehair mattress on a napkin, with questions about whether the pillows are wood), prompting concerns about comfort, weight capacity and whether bedding will be provided or even edible. The stay does not include a meal prepared by the chef; guests are taken to a nearby favorite restaurant instead and are invited the next day to the Barcelona restaurant run by the chef’s brother. There are no shower facilities on site (a personal care kit is provided), which has raised practical worries about hygiene and overall comfort during the experience." - Amy McCarthy
