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    Albert Adria

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    Cakes & Bubbles · Restaurant

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    7 total

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    World's 50 Best logoWorld's 50 BestWinnerChefs’ Choice Award2025The Best Chef logoThe Best ChefHonoreeTop 100 — Rank 22024The Best Chef logoThe Best ChefHonoreeTop 100 — Rank 22023The Best Chef logoThe Best ChefHonoreeTop 100 — Rank 302020
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    The Best Chef logoThe Best ChefHonoreeTop 100 — Rank 162019The Best Chef logoThe Best ChefHonoreeTop 100 — Rank 142018The Best Chef logoThe Best ChefHonoreeTop 100 — Rank 112017
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    i. Biography

    Albert Adrià is a Spanish chef known for his work at elBulli and for creating the elBarri restaurant group in Barcelona, which included Enigma, Tickets, Pakta, Bodega 1900, Niño Viejo, and Hoja Santa. He later opened Cakes & Bubbles in London, his first permanent restaurant outside Spain, after a 2016 residency at Hotel Café Royal. Enigma’s official site describes it as Albert Adrià’s gastronomic experience in Barcelona, and Cakes & Bubbles identifies him as the chef behind the venue.

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