40 years in 7 hours

Forty years of an incredible culinary adventure resumed in a mere seven hours! That is what exactly happened in early February in Copenhagen. For the lucky few that had a chance to attend, a very special dining experience titled SINERGIA took place just for three consequent days on Feb. 2-4th. At his holistic cuisine restaurant Alchemist, Danish chef Rasmus Munk hosted his idols, the Spanish groundbreaking chef brothers Albert and Ferran Adrià, staging an unforgettable meeting pushing the boundaries of creativity. Repeated for three days only, the gastronomic experience recreated a selection of iconic dishes from the past of menus of both Alchemist and Albert Adrià's Enigma, as well as a selection of historical dishes from different periods of the legendary El Bulli's 25-year history. Due to the high demand, a ticket lottery was organized, on condition that the participant paid the ticket price of 1500 euros. The dinner was divided into scenes, like an hours-long ancient Greek tragedy, with a prologue, five acts and a closing epilogue. During the seven-hour-long performance, 40 plus courses were served, each with a story to tell, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first opening of El Bulli.

This union of influential chefs has another story within. We have to wind back to the past. Ferran Adrià started working at El Bulli in 1983 and was joined by his brother Albert in 1985. Rasmus Munk was not even born then. At El Bulli Adrià brothers started to create a totally new language of food, playing with textures and tastes, they played with their food, getting the most from the knowledge science. It is interesting that though Rasmus Munk's carrier was totally shaped around the influence of El Bulli, he never had a chance to eat there.

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