Getting a table at El Bulli was for years the desire of countless food lovers from all over the planet and the frustration of many others who were left wanting. But El Bulli closed on July 30, 2011 as a restaurant, to reopen in June 2023 transformed into El Bulli 1846, showing its own legacy as the first restaurant converted into a museum.
Ferran Adrià never tired of repeating that his mission and that of all the “bullinians” (the names of those who worked with him appear in a sculptural tribute that occupies the space where the parking lot once stood and where the route now begins expository) consisted of crossing the limits. And they managed to overcome the limits of “what can be offered during a gastronomic experience at the highest level.” But when it comes to Adrià, you should never take challenges for granted.
Their latest creative idea is to offer, through the well-known Airbnb booking platform, a free and unique experience only for two people that will occur only on the night of October 16-17, 2024. The first to book (starting next April 17 at 6 p.m.) you will be received with your companion in the same Montjoi cove by Ferran Adrià, you will be able to visit the entire exhibition space (the next visiting season will go from May 1 to October 12), including the private parts, such as the chapel dedicated to Sant Stomak), dine at one of Adrià’s favorite restaurants in Roses and sleep at El Bulli 1846 in a “plated” bed in the old kitchen inspired by the spherical olive of El Bulli.
Those who thought that everything imaginable had already happened at El Bulli – remember when at the Kassel documenta in 2007 the chef baffled everyone by turning the emblematic restaurant into one of the exhibition pavilions – should not forget that Adrià always It has an ace up its sleeve to continue finding new uses for the space it occupies in Montjoi cove. And in El Bulli, for the moment, it seems that no one had slept comfortably in the kitchen.
The initiative that he now proposes will not end with a night in the kitchen and a beautiful sunrise in front of one of the most beautiful coves on the Costa Brava. After checking out, guests will head to Barcelona for dinner (also free of charge) at the Barcelona haute cuisine restaurant Enigma, by Albert Adrià. The condition: that those who want to qualify for the reservation must arrange travel to Roses, where they will be picked up, be of legal age, have a verified profile on the platform and have a positive reservation history. In addition to being very lucky to be the first to execute the reservation.
