List of prizes awarded to Ferran Adrià, Juli Soler, Albert Adrià y elBulli
1990
National Prize for the best Chef de Salle to Juli Soler
Awarded by: National Academy of Gastronomy.
1992
National Gastronomy Prize for the best Chef de Cuisine to Ferran Adrià
Awarded by: National Academy of Gastronomy
1994
Grand Prix de L'Art de la Cuisine
Awarded by: International Academy of Gastronomy
1996
Clé d'Or de la Gastronomie
Awarded by: Gault-Millau
Restaurant of the Year
Awarded by: Club de Gourmets
1997
Catalonia Tourism Medal
Awarded by: Generalitat de Catalunya
1998
Best Maître Award to Juli Soler
Awarded by: Gourmetour
Metopolis Prize for Innovation
Awarded by: Metopolis
1999
Giorgio Fini Award
Awarded by: Città di Modena
Chef of the Year
Awarded by: Gourmetour
2001
Ceretto
Awarded by: Ceretto Fundation
Humanitat Ciutat de L'Hospitalet Award
Awarded by: L'Hospitalet de Llobregat City Council
FAD
Awarded by: FAD
Bronze Angel for Communication in Catalonia
Awarded by: Escola Superior de Relacions Públiques, Girona
Gold Heart
Awarded by: Spanish Heart Foundation
2002
Cross of Sant Jordi
Awarded by: Generalitat de Catalunya
Tourism Gold Medal
Awarded by: Gobierno Español
Tourism Gold Medal
Awarded by: Generalitat de Catalunya
The World's Best Restaurant
Awarded by: The Restaurant Magazine
2003
Silver Spoon
Awarded by: Food Arts
Protagonistas Award for Gastronomy
Awarded by: Programme of Luis del Olmo, Onda Cero Radio
Catalan of the Year 2003
Awarded by: El Periódico de Catalunya Newspaper
City of Barcelona Award
Awarded by: Barcelona City Council
2004
Spain Brand Ambassador (Culture)
Awarded by: Leading Brands of Spain Forum (Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism and the Spanish Foreign Trade Institute)
Honorary Son of the City of L'Hospitalet
Awarded by: L'Hospitalet de Llobregat City Council
2005
Preisträger Ferran Adrià Sektion Große Kochkunst
Awarded by: Witzigmann Preis
2006
Award to Ferran Adrià in recognition of his contribution to the spreading of Spanish gastronomy in the world over the last 20 years
Awarded by: Spain Gourmetour
World's Best Restaurant
Awarded by: The Restaurant Magazine
3rd Diálogo Award for Hispano-French Friendship
Awarded by: Asociación Diálogo
Lucky Strike design Award
Awarded by: Raymound Loewy Foundation
2007
Best Restaurant in the World
Awarded by: The Restaurant Magazine
The White Guide Gastronomy Award
Awarded by: The White Guide
Gold Medal to the European Merit
Awarded by: the European Merit Foundation, European Community
First International Gastronomy Award Reyno de Navarra
Awarded by: International Congress about vegetables, Pamplona
Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts
Awarded by: Ministry of Culture of Spain
2008
The World´s Best Restaurant
Awarded by: The Restaurant Magazine
National Hotel and Catering Industry Prize
Awarded by: Spanish Federation of Hotel and Catering business (FEHR)
Don Quijote Award
Awarded by: Gastronomic Academy of Castilla-La Mancha
2009
Best Restaurant in the World
Awarded by: Awarded by: The Restaurant Magazine
"Augie" Award for Best Chef
Awarded by: Awarded by: Culinary Institute of America (CIA)
2010
Best chef of the decade
Awarded by: Awarded by: The Restaurant Magazine
1999
Cover of El Pais Semanal Magazine
2003
Chairman of the Bocuse d'Or
Cover of the The New York Times Magazine, August 10th.
2004
Cover of the Sunday edition of Le Monde, constituting the highest accolade given by the world's leading gastronomic nation.
Cover of Time Magazine, naming F. Adrià one of the top 100 influential people in the world.
The Spanish Royal Household appoints Ferran Adrià together with Juan Mari Arzak to prepare the gala dinner served to the world's royal families on the eve of the wedding of Prince Felipe to Doña Letizia.
Ferran Adrià chairs the Advisory Committee of Alícia (Alimentación y Ciencia [Food and Science]), a Caixa de Manresa project at the Monastery of Sant Benet. This is a unique project working towards future improvement in food.
The Leading Brands of Spain Forum names him a Spanish Brand ambassador for Culture, together with Juan Antonio Samaranch, Amancio Ortega, José Carreras, El País, Severiano Ballesteros and Valentí Fuster.
2005
The Ferran Adrià Chair in Gastronomic Culture and Food Sciences is set up at the Camilo José Cela University in Madrid.
2006
At the Madrid Fusión Conference, 60 journalists from all over the world publish a list of the Ten Most Influential Chefs of the Last Ten Years, choosing Ferran Adrià as number one.
2007
On 16th June the art exhibition Documenta12, where Ferran Adrià has been invited, opens. The contribution consists of turning elBullirestaurante, in cala Montjoi, into the pavilion G of Documenta, what constitutes a response to the contextualization of the vanguard cuisine in the world of arts.
In December, Ferran Adrià is conferred Doctor Honoris Causa by the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Barcelona, at the proposal of Professor Claudi Mans.
2008
In February, two films are shown in the category "culinary cinema" at The International Film Festival Berlinale, taking inspiration from Ferran Adrià´s career. Ferran participates in a debate related to this context.
In July, the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, at the proposal of Professor Christopher Fynsk from The Centre for Modern Thought, confers Doctor Honoris Causa in Humanities on Ferran Adrià, for his contribution to contemporary thought.
