El Bulli's creative cuisine

Ferran Adria, el Bulli — JOSEP LAGO/AFP/Getty Images

Spanish chef Ferran Adria gives a press conference on July 30, 2011, before his last dinner at el Bulli restaurant near the resort of Roses, some two hours north of Barcelona. After pushing the boundaries of cuisine for more than two decades under chef Ferran Adria, the Spanish beachside restaurant repeatedly crowned the world's best will close on July 30, and re-open in 2014 as a non-profit culinary think tank that will investigate new cooking techniques and develop new flavors.

This handout photo from El Bulli Restaurant shows a Passion Fruit with Whisky dessert displayed at El Bulli Restaurant July 23, 2003, in Girona, Spain.

This handout photo from El Bulli Restaurant shows the terrace at El Bulli Restaurant July 23, 2003 in Girona, Spain.

A member of the kitchen staff at el Bulli, the world-renowned Spanish restaurant near the resort of Roses, some two hours north of Barcelona, works to prepare the restaurant's last dinner, on July 30, 2011.

This handout photo from El Bulli Restaurant shows an Apple Meuniere displayed at el Bulli Restaurant July 23, 2003 in Girona, Spain.

This handout photo from el Bulli Restaurant shows grilled vegetables displayed at El Bulli Restaurant July 23, 2003 in Girona, Spain.

This handout photo from El Bulli Restaurant shows El Bulli Restaurant and its surroundings July 23, 2003 in Girona, Spain.

This handout photo from El Bulli Restaurant shows a Pina Colada dessert displayed at El Bulli Restaurant July 23, 2003, in Girona, Spain.

This handout photo from El Bulli Restaurant shows an Especial Cuban dessert displayed at El Bulli Restaurant July 23, 2003, in Girona, Spain.

This image courtesy of Alive Mind Cinema shows elBulli chef Eduard Xatruch at work in Gereon Wetzel's documentary, "elBulli: Cooking in Progress," in Roses, Spain.