Jordi Cruz has just started a new edition of MasterChef, a competition in which he has been a jury for 12 years. The chef and jury of the TVE program assures that he was hurt by the loss of a Michelin star this year.

But what he dreams of is making a dish that will be remembered in a hundred years. He confesses that he sleeps five hours a day and clears his mind by watching documentaries at night, even though he now has a great reason to go home soon. He receives EL PAÍS at the ABaC restaurant in Barcelona, where he has served as head chef since 2010. Here he also debuts this week with a new tasting menu. And that gives him a rush. And I'm going to cook all my life, so I'll have time to hype up what I do in the restaurant. I add many things, I am a Pythagorean. I like nutrition, nutriaesthetics, knowing what food is, how food affects the human body. I want to do something as a chef that transcends the mere role of gastronomic server.