INDEPENDENT FILM FOR INDEPENDENT MINDS

El Bulli: Cooking In Progress chronicles the Michelin three-star Spanish restaurant over the course of a year. Half of this is spent at the restaurant (famous for its short six-month season), and the other half in a Barcelonan laboratory, where head chef, Ferran Adrià and his team of chefs develop the flavours for next season's menu. Endlessly tweaking their formulas, and documenting everything on computers, these chefs often seem closer to scientists. The film raises interesting questions: What is fine dining and where is it headed?