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Ferran Adria has been called the world's greatest chef. He is certainly one of the most creative. Gourmet
magazine referred to Adria as "the Salvador Dali of the kitchen".
His restaurant, El Bulli, was recently named best restaurant in the
world by the prestigious Restaurant magazine. Without a doubt, Ferran Adria will hold a prominent place in culinary history.
Ferran Adria was born May 14, 1962 in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
(a suburb of Barcelona), Spain. Adria's early schooling took place in
Barcelona and at the age of 14 he enrolled at the Instituto Verge de la
Merci¨ to study business administration. In 1980, at the age of 18, he
left school out of boredom.
Culinary Beginnings:
Adria
began his culinary career in 1980 as a dishwasher. In need of money to
vacation on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza, Adria took a job as
dishwasher at a French restaurant in the Hotel Playafels in
Castelldefels, Spain.
It was here that he learned the classic culinary techniques as the chef there introduced AdriĆ to El Practico, the Spanish equivalent of Escoffier's Le Guide Culinaire. Adria eventually made it to Ibiza, working at the Club Cala Lena for four months in 1981-1982.

