It has just been announced at a press conference in Madrid that the world famous El Bulli Restaurant, chosen top restaurant for 5 years running, will be closing for two years in 2012. It has already been closing for six months a year recently and Ferran Adrià, the restaurants owner and chef, has decided to close for two years to use the time for reflection; even though there has been speculation that the most difficult restaurant reservation in the world might “dry up”, it still comes as a shock in culinary circles. Rumors are that the restaurant itself does not generate much income due to very high operating expenses, and they count on the large income from book sales.
