EL BULLI: COOKING IN PROGRESS; Fascinating documentary of chef Ferran Adrià’s experimental restaurant/culinary school in Spain November 11, 2011

EL BULLI: COOKING IN PROGRESS is the story of the multifaceted restaurant and culinary art school run by three-star chef Ferran Adrià, widely considered the best, most innovative and craziest chef in the world. Each year his restaurant El Bulli closes for six months – time for Adrià and his team to retire to his Barcelona cooking laboratory to create the new menu for the coming season. Anything goes – except copying oneself. El Bulli is famous around the world for its avant-garde cuisine, and the annual number of reservation requests is overwhelming. Ideas don’t usually fall from the sky, they evolve in the diffuse realm between the intentional and the accidental, experience and the unfamiliar. In the course of that process, however, many an ingredient is examined in a totally new way. El Bulli completely changes its menu composition at the end of each season, so no guest is ever served a dish twice. The film shows us the close observation of that quest – from initial experimentation to the premiere of the finished dish. Directed by Gereon Wetzel.
http://www.elbullimovie.com/
http://kinolorber.com/film.php?id=1209

"CRITICS' PICK! Fans of shows like Top Chef are well advised to check out this fascinating and artful look at the meticulous research-and-development process for the experimental dishes at El Bulli, where every unique dish came with plentiful bragging rights." - New York Magazine

"For a foodie, the new film about Spain's renowned El Bulli restaurant is a bit like an Angelina Jolie movie for a teenage boy... Food lovers can now salivate via celluloid." - Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press

Landmark’s Embarcadero Center, One Embarcadero Center, San Francisco (415) 267-4893
Showtimes (valid 11/11-11/17); Daily at 12:15, 2:40, 5:00, 7:25, and 10:00

Landmark’s Shattuck Cinemas, 2230 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley (510) 464-5980
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