Takeshi San: the Japanese Mediterranean protagonist of the great success of El Bulli, one of the most renowned restaurants in the West

It sounds incredible, but there was a time when no one wanted to hire renowned Japanese chef Takeshi Somekawa.

At 22 years old, recently arrived in Barcelona, ​​he wanted to learn Spanish cooking.

It was through a cookbook that he met the famous chef Ferran Adriá.

Takechi went up to the hidden and exquisite El Bulli restaurant and waited for him there.

Thus begins the story of Ferran Adriá, Albert Raurich and Takeshi San, the Three Musketeers of haute cuisine.

In this video, Wendy Guerra chats with Takeshi from his kitchen in Barcelona.