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El Bulli was created by 2,000 people that passed through it. And we didn't know that something big was happening. It was like a game in a way. You didn't really know how it was going to end up, and people who would leave, they would take a piece of it with them, but they would leave another piece behind.

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Ferran Adria
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: May 14
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I had a very normal childhood, and my mother cooked very normal food.
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When I go to a fine dining restaurant, I'm excited and I do expect to find proposals to wake my senses.
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In my early days, I copied the great French chefs, like most chefs do. Copying is not bad. Copying and not recognizing that you are copying is bad. For me, when I go to a restaurant and am served a dish influenced by something we created at elBulli, if it's well done, it makes me extremely happy.
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