CULTURE SHOCK MAGAZINE

FOOD + PHYSICS = HARVARD

In what was is undoubtedly a huge shock to the food world, Ferran Adria has announced that he will close his restaurant El Bulli to teach Culinary Physics at Harvard. He admits that he made this decision because El Bulli was losing a lot of money. The restaurant's schedule was - close half the year for research & development, serve dinner the other half of the year. A dreamy, but money-draining business model. It's unclear though as to what his ultimate plan is. Some say that after his 13 weeks at Harvard, he will re-open El Bulli as a restaurant in 2014. Others are saying that he will form a foundation (giving culinary scholarships to avante-garde chefs). Either way, he's taking a step in the right direction. Ferran is a pioneer in the food world. He is almost obligated to pass on his mad culinary scientific methods/inventions to the next generation of aspiring chefs. Respect must be given to the man who for the most part invented and popularized molecular gastronomy. Ferran Adria, teach them well.