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All Episodes of El Bull - The History of a Dream

"El Bulli - The History of a Dream" tells the amazing story of how Ferrán Adrià, a boy with a modest background with no interest...
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Season 1

  • Episode 1 (1963-1986)
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    Episode 1 (1963-1986)

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2010

    In 1956, the Schilling family buys some land in the Montjoi Cove. In 1963, El Bulli takes its first steps as a restaurant business. In 1981, Juli Soler takes over the position of director. Two years later, Ferran Adrià joins as a stager.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Episode 2 (1986-1991)
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    Episode 2 (1986-1991)

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2010

    Ferran Adrià remains as the only chef in 1987. That year, he decides to step away from the cookbooks and pursue his own style. He finds it by taking inspiration in the traditional cuisine in his environment, its products, cooking techniques, sauces, and garnishes.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Episode 3 (1991-1993)
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    Episode 3 (1991-1993)

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2010

    After a few years of autochthonous-based cuisine, a more personal style started making way. This path was bond to avant-garde cuisine and to the intention of conquering absolute creative freedom. The first creative processes are born. The structure of the menu highlights the appearance of the tapas and the change of the dessert cart in favor of plated desserts.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Episode 4 (1994-1996)
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    Episode 4 (1994-1996)

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2010

    The technical and conceptual research begins, which is probably the most important turning point for El Bulli. Ferran Adrià and his team point towards the research of new techniques, concepts and executions that would lead to a vast number of recipes. The settlement of the sweet-and-salty symbiosis takes place, along with the birth of the deconstruction and minimalism.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Episode 5 (1996-1999)
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    Episode 5 (1996-1999)

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2010

    El Bulli earns its third Michelin star. In the technical and conceptual research field, a new caramelisation technique is found, leading to the development of new pastries, warm gelatin, warm foams and iced powder.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Episode 6 (1999-2002)
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    Episode 6 (1999-2002)

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2010

    Investing in creativity yields results. A permanent workshop is founded in Barcelona. Later, they open Bullicarmen, el Bulli's business HQ. Also, the menu is eliminated, leaving the tasting menu as the sole option. In the kitchen, a new breading is developed and CO2 siphons are used to create carbonated beverages.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Episode 7 (2003-2005)
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    Episode 7 (2003-2005)

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2010

    El Bulli offers a huge variety of new concepts, techniques and executions: air foams, spherification, liquid nitrogen, cru technique and freeze-drying. Morphings are shown on the menu, while the industrial design contribution focuses on the kitchen and the table.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Episode 8 (2005-2007)
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    Episode 8 (2005-2007)

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2010

    This period is highlighted by the starring of Ferran Adrià in the Documenta12 art showcase. In 2007, the unifying thread along El Bulli's history since the late fifties broke: Marketta Schilling, the founder of the restaurant, dies at age 87.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Episode 9 (A Day at El Bulli)
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    Episode 9 (A Day at El Bulli)

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2010

    Filming of an entire day, following cooks, waiters and diners, from dawn until the last customer decides to leave. This depicts in the most realistic image how this restaurant in Roses works on a daily basis.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Episode 10 (2007-2009)
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    Episode 10 (2007-2009)

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/2010

    There is a wide consensus about El Bulli and Ferran in many fields, not only in the culinary world. Along with several awards from Restaurant Magazine, they receive design awards and honoris causa degrees. Ferran Adrià goes on a world tour for the presentation of his book "A Day at El Bulli." The Alicia Foundation is created.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Episode 11 (2009-2011)
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    Episode 11 (2009-2011)

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/2010

    The last two years at El Bulli restaurant. Ferran and Juli decide to transform El Bulli and announce in Madrid Fusión 2010 the closure of El Bulli restaurante with the purpose of taking some time to reflect on how they will reopen it in 2014 as a creative center. Albert Adrià decides to start his own new challenge in Barcelona.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Last Waltz
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    The Last Waltz

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/2010

    The 30th of July 2011, El Bulli - five-time winner of the World's Best Restaurant award - shut its doors to be transformed, in 2014, into a Foundation. Its chef, Ferran Adrià, organized one last and spectacular dinner surrounded by those that are now the best chefs in the world.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Episode 13  (2011-2014)
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    Episode 13 (2011-2014)

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/25/2010

    The exposition promoted by Palau Robert about the history of El Bulli restaurante makes us reconsider the initial project to expand the future Foundation's mission to preserve the essence and legacy of El Bulli. El Bulli's universe, Ferran Adrià, Juli Soler, Albert Adrià continue expanding the myth and manage to transcend the gastronomy world towards the world of innovation.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Episode 14 (2014-2017)
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    Episode 14 (2014-2017)

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/1/2011

    After three years of work, El Bulli foundation achieves its goals based on three pillars: Sapiens (El Bulli foundation methodology), La Bulli grafía (visitable archive) and El Bulli 1846 (a place in Cala Montjoi to study and explore the efficiency of the creative process).

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Documenting Documenta
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    Documenting Documenta

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/8/2011

    It collects the testimony of artists, museum directors and curators that for the first time reflect on the place of avant-garde cuisine in the world of modern art.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown