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elBulli Letícia Scretas David, Kai Heinlahti, Veronika Konečná, Peta-Gaye Martin, Inka Vettenranta
Arts in Consumer Culture
Food is the new art
1. Foodism movement ! Elaborate sphere of criticism, memoir and
theoretical debate
2. Food replacing art as high culture ! Chopin VS Confiture
Haute cuisine
An intro to molecular gastronomy
Also known as:
Deconstructivist Cuisine; Avant-Garde Cuisine,
Culinary Physics and Haute Cuisine.
Haute cuisine
Areas of investigation
! How ingredients are changed by different cooking methods
! How all the senses play their own roles in our appreciation of food
! How our enjoyment of food is affected by other influences, our environment, our mood, how it is presented, who prepares it
Myths debunked
! You need to add salt to water when cooking green vegetables
! Searing meat seals in the juices
! The cooking time for roast meat depends on the weight
”the most imaginative generator of haute cuisine on the planet.”
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
Soursop sorbet with yoghurt biscuit
Daiquiri, coffee and caramel nigiri
Passion fruit marshmallow
elBulli (1964 – 2011)
! 3 star michellin restaurant
! Ranked world’s best restaurant 5 times in between 2002 – 2009
! Forerunner in molecular gastronomy
elBulli (1964 – 2011)
! As head chef, Ferran Adrià was considered one of the best in the world
! He was renowned for creating culinary foam
! Closed in 2011 due to monetary loss
Mission
! Driven by creativity, surprise and innovation
! elBulli seeks to make the dinners happy for the duration of the meal
! Provoke the five senses, evoke emotions, irony, humor and even childhood memories
! Not about the money
“… to provide the unexpected"
" I cook for sensitive people, not for millionaires“
- Ferran Adrià
Diners
Who does elBulli serve?
Employees Chefs,
designers, artists
Diners
! "I see no reason why a person can not enjoy a decent meal at a reasonable price.‘‘ Ferrán Adriá
! The restaurant was only open during five months of the year
! The reservation requested annually over 1.8 million people.
! Each year Adriá chosed eight thousand via lottery
Diners
! 55 guests daily cared after by 55 members of staff
! "Tasting" menu up to fifty courses have been composed of miniportion
! Each meal accompanies technical description and advice you how to eat properly
! For each food is also different design crockery and cutlery
Employees: elBulli family
! Employed over 50 chefs
! Offered them a place to ! Explore their creativity and artistry
! Create new things with elBullitaller – the workshop for elBulli providing new ideas for the restaurant each year
! Learn from the best chefs in Spain, who travel the world for half of the year and innovate gastronomy
Services for chefs and the food industry
! Consulting services
! Courses
! elBullibooks
! elBullitaller
! Collaborations
What could have been done differently?
! Lower staff numbers, use cheaper ingredients and increase the restaurant's hours of operation
! Could have charged a lot more for the meals (600€ not 230€)
à Would have lead to elBulli being just like any other restaurant and not the passion of Ferran Adrià
”We have enjoyed great luck and now it's time to give back to society.”
- Ferran Adrià -
References ! http://www.elbulli.com/home.php?lang=en
! http://www.elbulli.com/esade/Caso_Ferran_Adria_and_elBulli-ESADE_en.pdf
! http://observer.guardian.co.uk/foodmonthly/futureoffood/story/0,,1969713,00.html
! http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6105.html
! http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/22/02/2010/332335/el-bulli-to-become-non-profit-foundation-on-reopening.htm
! http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/15/02/2010/332238/Ferran-Adri224-denies-reports-that-El-Bulli-will-close.htm
! http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/10/11/2010/335885/The-Caterer-Interview-Ferran-Adri224.htm
! http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/opinion/sunday/how-food-replaced-art-as-high-culture.html?_r=0
! http://khymos.org/definitions.php
! http://www.inra.fr/compact/nav/externe/en/activites/ecrans/1721
! http://www.yourdiscovery.com/science/kitchen_chemistry/kitchen_myths/index.shtml
! http://www.yourdiscovery.com/science/kitchen_chemistry/molecular_gastronomy/index.shtml
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