elBulli, Roses (CLOSED): ChefDb: The Chef and Restaurant Database

elBulli Costa Brava Apartdado 30 Cala Montjoi Roses, Catalonia (Spain)	Reopened as elBulli Foundation, a non-profit culinary think tank that investigates new cooking techniques and develop new flavours.
Seating Capacity: 50 (approx.)
(1961 - 2011)

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Back of the House
Duration	Name	Position
--	Ross Warhol	Stagiaire
2010	Jonathan Mizukami	Stagiaire
2009	Andrea Correa 1 season	Cook
2008	Jeffrey Finkelstein	Pastry Cook
2008	Lee Wolen	Stagiaire
--	Andrés Conde	Head Chef
2007	Chad Brauze	Chef de Partie
2007	Robert Truitt	Pastry Apprentice/Commis
--	Sunny Jin	--
2006	Claudio Aprile	Stagiaire
2006	Dan Perretta	Stagiaire
2006	Ilma Lopez	Stagiaire
--	Andrés Lara	Stagiaire
2005 - 2007	Dana Revallo	Chef de Partie
2005	James Syhabout	Stagiaire
2004 - 2005	Cedric Vongerichten	Extern
2004 - 2005	Dana Revallo	Stagiaire
2004	Louisa Chu	Stagiaire
--	David Haman	Stagiaire
--	Albert Raurich	Chef de Cuisine
2001 - 2011	Oriol Castro	Chef de Cuisine
2001	Benedikt Acht	Stagiaire
--	Cornelius Gallagher	Stagiaire
2001	Pablo Dellepiane	Stagiaire
[2001 - 2002]	Ruben Garcia	Pastry Chef
--	C. Barclay Dodge	Stagiaire
--	Denis Blais	--
--	Jeffrey Harter	--
1999 - 2000	Will Goldfarb	Apprentice/Commis
1999	René Redzepi	--
--	Vernon Morales	Chef de Partie
1998 - 1999	Jason Atherton	Stagiaire
1998 - 2001	Albert Raurich	Chef de Partie
--	Richard Blais	--
--	Robert Riescher	--
--	Angel Palacios	--
1996 - 2001	Eduard Bosch	Chef de Cuisine
1994 - 1996	Marc Cuspinera	Chef de Cuisine
--	Alex Ureña	--
1990 - 1994	Xavier Sagristà	Chef de Cuisine
1987 - 2011	Albert Adrià	Pastry Chef
1986 - 1990	Ferran Adrià	Chef de Cuisine
1985 - 1987	Albert Adrià	Apprentice/Commis
1984 - 1987	Christian Lutaud	Chef de Cuisine
1984 - 1987	Ferran Adrià	Co-Chef de Cuisine Chef de Partie
1983	Ferran Adrià	Stagiaire
1981 - 1984	Jean-Paul Vinay	Chef de Cuisine
1981	Yves Kramer	Chef de Cuisine
1975 - 1980	Jean-Louis Neichel	Chef de Cuisine Manager Maitre d'
1970 - 1975	Oki Bouillard	Head Chef
1967 - 1970	Fritz Kreis	Head Chef
Front of the House
Duration	Name	Position
--	Lluís Soler	Sommelier
1990 - 2012	Juli Soler	Co-owner/Partner
1990 - Present	Ferran Adrià	Co-owner/Partner Executive Chef
1981 - 1990	Juli Soler	Manager Maitre d'
1964 - 1966	Otto Müller	Manager
1961 - 1990	Marketta Schilling	Co-owner/Partner
1961 - 1990	Hans Schilling	Co-owner/Partner

Last updated: 2020-02-17

At its peak, over 300,000 people attempted to book a table at El Bulli every year; the restaurant is able to serve approximate 8,000 meals (160 nights per year x 50 servings per evening). Tables for the entire season sold out in 1 day.
The name "El Bulli" was chosen because original owners Hans and Marketta Schilling owned French bulldogs, a breed colloquially known as "bulli".
El Bulli originally operated as a minigolf and then later as a beach bar. The first restaurant opened in 1964.

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