Netflix will distribute the series throughout the rest of Spain, Europe, Latin America and the U.S. while International sales are handled by New Regency The six-part 3Cat series “Gènesi,” which premiered two episodes at the San Sebastian Film Festival on Sept. 21, aims to look back at the genesis of the iconic Catalan restaurant El Bulli, which was crowned the world’s best restaurant five times before it closed in 2011. The series plays on Catalan broadcaster 3Cat that same day. El Bulli’s celebrity chef Ferran Adrià, along with the film’s cast and crew – director David Pujol and actors Miquel Fernández, Carlos Cuevas and Joana Vilapuig – are attending the festival to present it.
The dramatic series focuses on its key players led by Adrià, its manager-co-owner, the late Juli Soler and his brother Albert Adrià as well as highlights the 3-Michelin Star restaurant’s transformative impact on global haute cuisine while positioning it within Catalonia’s culinary traditions and cultural legacy. To that end, it also features prominent figures in Catalan gastronomy led by Oriol Castro, Santi Santamaría, Fermí Puig, and Christian Escribà, without whom the scope of El Bulli’s legacy cannot be truly appreciated. The series was conceived in 2025 to coincide with Catalonia’s designation as a World Gastronomy Region.
Netflix will distribute it throughout the rest of Spain, Europe, Latin America and the U.S. International sales are handled by New Regency. Adrià and Pujol elaborated on the series and the restaurant’s enduring legacy in an interview with Variety: Ferran, it must have been strange to see yourself portrayed by the actor, Miquel Fernández.
What did you make of his performance? Do you think he captured your essence and your charisma? Did you give him any notes?
Ferran Adrià: I’ve been portrayed many times and I love it, but playing someone is very different from embodying a real person. One of the hardest things to capture about me is my voice and the way I speak, and Miquel did an incredible job. His performance feels so authentic because he never slips into satire or caricature.
Before filming, we spent several days with the actors, giving Miquel the chance to observe how I move, speak, express myself, eat and taste food. The entire cast did the same with their characters, immersing themselves in who we were and how we operated. You can really feel that commitment in the series.
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