Lisa Abend

It is, arguably, the most famous restaurant in the world and perhaps one of the most significant and influential ever: the legendary 'el Bulli' in Catalonia has attained a near-mythic reputation for culinary wizardry. But what actually goes on behind the scenes? What is the daily reality of life in the world's greatest kitchen? The Sorcerer's Apprentices tells first-hand the story of a young chef enrolled in the restaurant's legendary training course. It shows her struggle to adapt to the culture shock of el Bulli, how she and the other apprentices learn to push themselves and the limits of their culinary abilities, how they adjust to a style of cooking that is creative in the extreme and how they deal with the pressures of performing at the highest level night after night. In past years stagiers have clashed with the rather severe demeanor of Oriol Castro, the restaurant's chef de cuisine; others have gone on to work permanently at the restaurant. One, inevitably, is sent home each year, unable to fit into the high-wire act that is the el Bulli kitchen. Complicating things even more, the stagiers live together in shared apartments, so the events and emotions of their personal lives bleed more than usually into the professional. The Sorcerer's Apprentices tells these smaller, more human stories as well. At its heart, The Sorcerer's Apprentices is a quest: it tells the tale of a handful of aspiring young men and women who submit themselves to a grueling challenge in order to be made better by it. It also offers an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look at the most famous restaurant in the world through the lens of those who, ultimately, make it work.

It was, arguably, the most famous restaurant in the world and perhaps one of the most significant and influential ever: the legendary el Bulli in Catalonia, which closed in 2011, attained a near-mythic reputation for culinary wizardry. But what actually went on behind the scenes? What was the daily reality of life in the worlds greatest kitchen? The Sorcerers Apprenticestells first-hand the story of a young chef enrolled in the restaurants legendary training course. It shows her struggle to adapt, how she and the other apprentices learned to push themselves and the limits of their abilities, how they adjusted to a style of cooking that was creative in the extreme and how they dealt with the pressures of performing at the highest level night after night. In past years stagiares have clashed with the severe demeanour of Oriol Castro, the restaurants chef de cuisine; others have gone on to work at the restaurant. One was sent home each year, unable to fit into the high-wire act that is the el Bulli kitchen. Complicating things even more, the stagiares lived together in shared apartments, so the events and emotions of their personal lives bled more than usual into the professional. The Sorcerers Apprenticestells these smaller, more human stories as well. At its heart, The Sorcerers Apprenticesis a quest: it tells the tale of a handful of aspiring young people who submitted themselves to a grueling challenge in order to be made better by it. It also offers an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look at the most famous restaurant in the world, through the lens of those who, ultimately, made it work.

Kitchen Confidential meets Heat in the first behind-the-scenes portrait of the worlds most influential restaurant and the aspiring culinary geniuses who toiled to make it so exceptional. WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES AT ELBULLI?Elected best restaurant in the world by Restaurant magazine an unprecedented five times, elBulli is where chef Ferran Adrias remarkable cuisine comes to lifewith dragon cocktails that make the drinker breathe smoke and caviar made from tiny spheres of olive oil. elBulli is also the object of culinary pilgrimagemillions clamor every year for a reservation at one of its tables.Yet few people know that, behind each of the thirty or more courses that make up a meal at elBulli, a small army of stagiairesapprentice chefslabor at the precise, exhausting work of executing Adrias astonishing vision.In The Sorcerers Apprentices: A Season in the Kitchen at Ferran Adrias elBulli, Lisa Abend explores the remarkable system that Adria uses to run his restaurant and, in the process, train the next generation of culinary stars.Today, food has become the focus of unprecedented attention, and The Sorcerers Apprentices explores the strange evolutionin less than two decadesof a once-maligned profession into a source of celebrity.

¿Qué hay detrás de los platos y las recetas del Bulli? Elegido como el mejor restaurante del mundo por la revista Restaurant en cinco ocasiones consecutivas —un hecho sin precedentes—, el Bulli es el

¿Qué hay detrás de los platos y las recetas del Bulli? Elegido como el mejor restaurante del mundo por la revista Restaurant en cinco ocasiones consecutivas —un hecho sin precedentes—, el Bulli es el