World's Best Chef To Open A Pizza Place

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
May 13th 2009 at 8:02PM

What does the chef at the world's best restaurant do for an encore? How about opening a pizza joint? The LA Times reports that El Bulli chef, Ferran Adria has been in Italy studying pizza making. it's quite a change in direction for a man famous for his devotion to molecular gastronomy. But Adira has promised that his planned pizza restaurant in Barcelona, Spain will be a straightforward affair, no foams, no liquid nitrogen or strange balls of flavor, just your basic pizza pie.

Some Italian chefs are skeptical about the pizza skills of Ferran Adria and his pastry chef brother Alberto feeling that pizzamaking is more of a calling than something you can just quickly pick up. But for the Adrias the new planned venture offers a chance to cook for far more people than the small amount who eat at El Bulli each year. Let's just hope we don't see Adria frozen pizzas in the market in a few years right next to the Wolfgang Puck boxes.

Tags: el bulli, ElBulli, ferran adria, FerranAdria, fine dining, FineDining, pizza

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K May 14th 2009 3:18PM

Just who appoints these cooks as the best chefs in the world? What makes these hacks think they have better taste buds than the rest of us? It's all arrogance and hubris, and not worth the trouble to chew.

J May 14th 2009 4:21PM

Ok If you haven't heard of El Bulli and Ferran Adria then you obviously dont know what your talking about. His restaurant, El Bulli, has 3 Michelin stars if that even means anything to you, and has been rated as the best restaurant in the world 5 times, in 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. There are alot of great chefs out there, but as of right now Ferran Adria is definitely on top of the podium.

ouramel24 May 14th 2009 3:33PM

Maybe Obama will fly him to the Whitehouse for another 50,000.00 pizza party...???

John H. May 14th 2009 5:50PM

Personally, I wouldnt eat a darn thing these so-called top chef's prepare....most ppl are the basic hamburger, steak, hot dog, type and cant stand all the crap put into "Cuisine???"...We have too many idols in too many categories....lets knock a few down...just my opinion

BL Foodie May 14th 2009 6:33PM

Ah Ha! Hi Ferran! Or may I call you Fairy? The Italians have every right to be upset with you trying to reconstruct something that they have held to their tradition for centuries. I know you would be honored to walk into a small town in Italy (Like Roses in Spain) to find a young innovated Italian chef making Spaghetti Marinara whip cream. But don't F@*K with Pizza.

Luigi Finzi Antonio May 14th 2009 7:09PM

He should have went to New York City.They have better Pizza than Italy. The Pizza in Italy is not at all the same thing as in New York.

mitchell May 14th 2009 11:22PM

Pizza was invented in America...look it up seriously

jack81 May 17th 2009 3:31PM

i just want to say that all chefs and people that judge one of the best and most creative chef in the world in a negative way are simply jelous because they will never and won't ever accomplish the success that he has earned.
before you criticize become more educated!!!!!!
he is the best, but he is not the only one!!!!
Adria.....show me this pizza!!!!!!!!!!!