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I wanted to take nouvelle cuisine further, to the point where we were breaking down the essence of taste and sensation, reconfiguring food as a series of really intense hits on the tongue.

~Ferran Adria

Topics: Breaking Cuisine Down Essence Food Further Hits Intense Point Really Sensation Series Take Taste Tongue Wanted Were Where

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It's very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it's merely about combining ingredients, but that's something you can do with your eyes closed.

~Ferran Adria

Topics: About Any Chefs Closed Combining Discipline Eyes Hard Highest Highest Level Ingredients Innovator Level Merely Some Something Very You Your

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When we're ill, one of the last things we have that we can enjoy is food.

~Ferran Adria

Topics: Enjoy Food Ill Last Things

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When people arrive at El Bulli, everybody goes through the kitchen. It's a way of making them feel at home. When they leave, the only thing I ask is whether they've been happy. Everything in between, I don't particularly care.

~Ferran Adria

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I am not a multimillionaire. I don't own a yacht or a Ferrari. I live in a 60-square- metre flat. My needs are simple.

~Ferran Adria

Topics: Am Ferrari Flat Live Needs Own Simple Yacht I Am

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When I was a teenager, my idol was the Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff. He's the only person I've ever asked for an autograph.

~Ferran Adria

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If a child plays sport early in childhood, and doesn't give it up, he will play sport for the rest of his life. And if children have a connection with, and are involved in the preparation of, the food they eat, then it will be normal for them to cook these kind of meals, and they will go on cooking them for the rest of their lives.

~Ferran Adria

Topics: Child Childhood Children Connection Cook Cooking Early Eat Food Give Go He His Involved Kind Life Lives Meals Normal Play Plays Preparation Rest Sport Them Then Up Will

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There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.

~Ferran Adria

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Just to eat is a gift.

~Ferran Adria

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Ferran Adria making hamburgers... some thought it was crazy. But getting them perfect was a challenge. Plus I'm fascinated by all aspects of food.

~Ferran Adria

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Biography

Nationality: Spanish

Type: Chef

Born: May 14th, 1962

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