Jordi Cruz, Catalan chef: «A restaurant that you say 'damn, what gifted guys, what animals, what brutes'… Enjoy, because I think they are the calm heirs of El Bulli»

If we propose to make a list that brings together the best chefs in Spanish gastronomy, although some would vary due to taste, the reality is that some proper names would coincide no matter what. And, among all of them, the name of Jordi Cruz there should be a space. He ABaC head chefrestaurant in Barcelona, ​​and 'Masterchef' judgespoke in a talk with the influencer Borja Iglesias about his own tastes.

«My passion is eating»he acknowledged first. Knowing this, and after being asked about the best restaurants in our countryJordi Cruz got 'wet' and gave some options. Without wasting, of course, to remember his fellow judge on 'Masterchef'. From Spain? I'm not going to tell you about Pepe Rodríguez. That you say 'damn, what kids, what gifted guys, what animals, what brutes'… Enjoybecause I believe they are the quiet heirs of El Bulli,” he argued.

«They are the ones who They created a model that was so beast that it is unsustainable. You can't generate 120,000 ideas every year. They continue doing the same thing but without demanding that animality. Being animals, which they still are. To tell you one product, of the many that there are, I would say Elkano. And, from there… Well, I'm going to stay at two,” said the chef and 'Masterchef' judge.

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To close this podium, Borja Iglesias proposed the ABaCJordi Cruz's own restaurant, which has three stars in the Michelin Guide. However, the Catalan chef did not want to include it for an obvious reason. «I'm a judge, you know. I am a judge because I am a balanced and realistic person. AND I can't be a judge of this restaurant because I would be impartial.«, acknowledged the Catalan chef in the talk.

And the truth is that Jordi Cruz shares tastes with another of the totems of our country's gastronomy. We are talking about Ferran Adriawho also acknowledged in an interview with Uri Sabat that Fácilr is one of the restaurants he frequents. «I am lucky that most of the most important chefs in the world are in Barcelona. I go to Enigma or Enjoy, which are two 'top'«, he confessed.