Ferran Adria Quotes

Ferran Adrià Acosta (Catalan pronunciation: ) is a Spanish chef. He was the head chef of the elBulli restaurant in Roses on the Costa Brava and is considered one of the best chefs in the world.

Birth: May 14, 1962

Remember that a very good sardine is always preferable to a not that good lobster.

There are a lot of products still to be discovered in the world and experimentation, for example with seafood and fish. There are thousands of products that we’re not eating right now that maybe will be cultivated in a good agriculture situation, a sustainable, ecological way. Maybe there will be textures or flavors we hadn’t even thought of. In the Amazon there are 400 fruits that are not cultivated right now. They’re just incredible fruits. Textures, tastes that we don’t know right now.

Topic(s): World , Knows , Way

We knew the time would come that we’d have to step down because we’d been winning Oscars for 15 years. I discovered this one day when I got home, my mother was reading a newspaper and she said, ‘Again? What are you doing in the papers?’ And I realized if my mother thought that of me, what would my enemies think?

Topic(s): Thinking , Ifs , Years

Throughout the history of el Bulli, there have been many changes in its organisation or philosophy. This is another one of those moments. There will be risk, and freedom, and creativity. But there won’t be opening hours, or reservations, or routines.

Topic(s): Has Beens , Moments , Hours

I never cook at home. After 15 hours at work, I don’t have much of a desire to cook at home. I do eat at home, but it’s always something simple. Raw nuts. Almonds, hazelnuts, pine nuts–these are marvelous products. I am, however, the type that likes to go out to eat a lot. I never tire of it.

Topic(s): Home , Desire , Hours

I don’t have a favorite cooking tool. In the kitchen, I always have my pencil and notebook in my hand. I cook more theoretically than I do practically. My job is creative, and in the kitchen, the biggest part of my creativity is theoretical. The pencil has a symbolic meaning for me. The type of person who carries a pencil around is the type of person who’s open to change. Someone who walks around with a pen isn’t; he’s the opposite.