MATADOR Ñ. FERRAN ADRIÀ (ENGLISH)
Matador is Spain’s most exquisite cultural, ideas and trends magazine. It is published once a year and is classified by a letter of the alphabet. Volume A was published in 1995, and the last edition, which will be called ‘Volume Z’, will be published in 2022. The magazine is pioneering in terms of design, format, content and print. Leading writers, photographers, thinkers and artists have crafted a unique product which reflects the spirit of the times and aspires to become a symbol of contemporary culture.
The latest edition of Matador focuses on Ferran Adrià at a moment of impasse when he has closed the legendary elBulli restaurant, but his new project, elBulliFoundation, still hasn’t taken off. ElBulliFoundation will be a centre for research, training and ideas, and will take shape in 2012. Now is a time to stop and take stock. This volume of Matador has arisen from this period of reflection. It features ground-breaking observations about the best chef in the world, who is happy to reveal his experiences, obsessions and influences in Matador, and examine his creative world and his plans for the future. This volume of Matador has been produced in close collaboration with Adrià, who bares his soul to the readers.
This is an intelligent, elegant, in-depth study of Ferran Adrià in the most important cultural, ideas and trends magazine in Spain.