Ferrn Adri refused to open a restaurant in the Santiago Bernabu: Football and Barcelona are sacred

The reform of Santiago Bernabu has managed to elevate to Olympic, in the classic sense of the word, a sports nucleus that, by itself, has become a legend. A reference center for any type of entertainment, capable of hosting endless court concerts and the best soccer games in the entire globe; a place where everything magnificent has space. Also the gourmet.

In this last sector the elites of the white coliseum sought to stand out. And for this there was a path that meant guaranteed success; He set his sights on someone whose resume is matched by few: three Michelin stars, five times the best restaurant in the world four of them, consecutively. Fern Adri, the founder of El Bulli. But the negotiation did not work out. The Catalan chef’s response was as quick as it was forceful. No.

By and for the earth

This impressive confession was given by the chef himself in an interview for free wayprogram of RAC1. The reasons she has given are compelling and respond solely to her own beliefs; she has done it for principlessince, for him, football and Bara are sacred and setting up a business in your enemy’s house will be, quite simply, a contradictory matter.

Although the surprise at the announcement is capital, The truth is that the chef is a renowned chef who, in addition to never having hidden his colors, He has always thought of his land as the home of his professional ideas. In fact, he has assured in the aforementioned format that the gastronomic university that he has opened in the Spanish capital was initially presented four or five times as a project to see the light in Barcelona, ​​but it did not reach any port because They thought it wasn’t important.

In this way he was born Madrid Culinary Campus promoted by the Pontifical University of Comillas and Vocento, a university dedicated to gastronomy in each and every one of the areas that can be explored in the kitchen. They let us do everything the way we want, the distribution, the interior design, the methodology, the curricula.the cook has recited, almost by heart, proud of his idea and, above all, of his beliefs and principles.