Decoding Ferran Adria: Hosted by Anthony Bourdain

Ferrán Adrià is one of the most amazing and avant-garde chefs in the world. "El Bulli," near Barcelona, yet off the beaten path, is consistently ranked as the best restaurant in the world; it can take two years to get a reservation, and is closed six months of the year for Adrià to do research into new and exotic dishes.Although some critics and fellow chefs deride Adrià as the pretentious mad scientist of the food world, this documentary shows why he is so praised by more open-minded critics. This special is hosted by Anthony Bourdain, who previously was skeptical of Adrià, and downright hostile to the role of the laboratory in the science of food. The DVD shows Bourdain's coming to terms with Adrià's radical culinary concepts, and his ultimate embracing of them. From carrot foam to liquid nitrogen, Adrià is definitely a futuristic surreal kitchen firebrand, and Bourdain is the perfect guy to get him to talk about his science and art.Although the DVD is expensive, it's worth it for a glimpse into one of the most amazing minds ever to step into a kitchen: I highly recommend it.

This DVD helped to satisfy my curiosity about the "best restaurant in the world", at least according to a recent survey. If you are interested inmolecular gastronomy, Chef Adria is the Mr. Wizard of food science, andhe and his crew seem to love their work in the state-of-the-art laboratory where they spend half of each year experimenting with new concepts. Anthony Bourdain is the perfect host to take us through the three-hour dinner that shows off the results of their research. The beginning is a little slow, butthere is nothing quite like this restaurant, and this was a great way tosee what all the fuss is about.

o.k. so i admit it, i liked kitchen confidential, although it did not go far enough, but have never been a big fan of Bourdain the man. his perpetual flogging of his own misunderstod artist,bohemian image is no less than self indulgence over served, but he does speak his mind and in this video he finally manages to bridge the gap between his usual oral condensension and the magic he creates on the page. of course it helps that Adria and his work are both engaging to the point of obsession . anyone watching this video and not having an epiphany needs to watch it again and again until they do. it does and will change you forever.

Anthony Bourdain makes no qualms about his ignorance to Ferran's approach to cuisine, and thus classifies him as a kook. It doesn't take long for Ferran to enlighten Bourdain, and for Bourdain to embrace this new ideal, and future of fine dining.

It is an interesting look into the world of experimentation in the restaurant business. At times though it seems like there could have been more. That's the only reason it is 4 stars, I am left wanting more.

Love this DVD.

when I purchased i was hoping to learn how and why ferran when the direction he did with food. I still learned some things but regardless the information recieved was not worth een 20$

This DVD will leave you with your mouth wanting to taste everything Tony Bourdain was tasting! El Bulli - here I come!

Great fun, even if a little tongue in cheek on occasions