30 minutes with Ferran Adria. What do you want to ask?

Ferran Adria arrives in Australia on Thursday next week for his sold-out audience on the 19th at Hamer Hall (put on by the good folk at Melbourne Food and Wine). He’s here with his translator to spruik his book “A day at El Bulli” and I’m lucky enough to have 30 minutes with him on behalf of some on the people I write for.

I’ve hundreds of things I’d like to ask. But with so much written about Adria and his restaurant El Bulli (or elBulli as he styles it) there are probably few questions that haven’t been asked.

We know what he does, that he is 46 years old, that he works with his brother, that he is married, has no children and works 15 hour days. He’s been asked every variation of “what’s your food all about then”.

I’d like to talk to him about drinks. He serves his own engineered cocktails but also has a wine list. I know that wine is a convention to accompany food when eating out, but doesn’t it seem a little old fashioned and out of step with what he is serving?

Anyway, what would you like to ask Adria?

I’m not the first to do this and the New York Times is doing a Q&A on its blog.

Let me know by Saturday the 18th and I’ll put the best questions to him and publish the answers here.