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World's most popular chef: I want to eat at McDonald's

The world's top chef has come to the defence of the McDonald's burger, saying that he could not make a better one for the same price.


By Charlotte Bailey
Last Updated: 10:33AM GMT 05 Nov 2008
Source: Telegraph.com.uk

Ferran Adria, head chef of El Bulli in Girona, northern Spain, said it was a long time since he has eaten at the burger chain, but he wants to go back.
He said that he would like to visit McDonald's to find out more about the way it cooks its food.
El Bulli restaurant has been voted the world's best for three years in a row by Restaurant magazine and Adria's 35 course menu is so impressive that two million people a year try to book a table there.
Diners sometimes have to take a break from his five-hour meals because of the overwhelming sensory experience of eating his dishes.
However, in an interview, Adria has defended the cheaper food on offer at the popular burger chain.
He said: "I don't think people should come and say, 'McDonald's isn't good', if you don't give me an alternative; what is the alternative, for the same price? It's like saying everybody should be driving an Aston Martin or Rolls-Royce; most people don't drive them. Cars have the price they have."
Adria, who is in London to promote his new book A Day at El Bulli, is known for creating scientifically-developed dishes such as menthol watermelon and hibiscus paper with blackcurrant and eucalyptus.
Despite defending the fast food, he said that people's diet could be improved through education and he praised celebrity chef Jamie Oliver for doing more than any other chef to publicise the benefits of healthy eating.