Netflix has announced the release date of Welcome to El Bulli. Scheduled to release on November 20, the series stars Miquel Fernández as Ferran Adrià, Carlos Cuevas as Albert Adrià, and Iván Massagué as Juli Soler. Welcome to El Bulli takes viewers through Ferran Adrià's journey from a young chef at El Bulli in the 1980s to it becoming a world-famous restaurant. It will also show Glòria Canabach's return in 2025 to reopen her family's historic restaurant, as confirmed by Netflix press. The series will also star Mònica López as Glòria Canabach and Joana Vilapuig as Lola. According to reports about El Bulli, the place first opened as a small bar in Spain. It later became a famous restaurant after Ferran Adrià and Juli Soler took charge. They even introduced new ways of cooking that changed the food world, which led to its fame.Continue reading to learn the true story of a small Costa Brava restaurant.Welcome to El Bulli: How did El Bulli go from a small Costa Brava restaurant to a global sensation?Ferran Adria, chef from El Bulli restaurant - Source: GettyEl Bulli started after a German couple, Hans and Marketa Schilling, bought land in Cala Montjoi, near Roses, Spain. They first opened a minigolf course there. However, they later added a small outdoor bar. In 1964, the place became a restaurant for tourists visiting the Costa Brava.Its first big achievement came in 1976 when chef Jean-Louis Neichel helped it earn a Michelin star. A few years later, in the early 1980s, Ferran Adrià joined it as a chef for a short training period. He returned in 1984 to work there full-time. By 1987, he was leading the kitchen with Juli Soler. This was also the beginning of a very different journey for El Bulli as they started experimenting with food.Ferran Adrià and Juli Soler wanted to try something new with food. Hence, they used to shut the restaurant during the winter months to spend time working on new recipes and cooking ideas. They created a new style of cooking, which became known as molecular gastronomy.In a few years, El Bulli became famous for dishes that looked unique and very different from the usual dishes. They experimented with food foams, tiny balls filled with liquid, and many other ways of preparing dishes, which eventually led to worldwide fame. The restaurant also received three Michelin stars. Additionally, it was named the world's best restaurant by Restaurant Magazine five times.According to Visit Costa Brava, El Bulli welcomed only eight thousand diners each season even though it had huge demand. El Bulli's journey as a restaurant came to an end in 2011. It was the time when Ferran Adrià closed it and turned it into a center for food research and new ideas.What is the Netflix series Welcome to El Bulli about? View this post on Instagram Instagram PostNetflix's Welcome to El Bulli will tell its story through two different time periods. One takes viewers back to the 1980s. This was the time when Ferran Adrià first started working at El Bulli and became part of the team.The other takes viewers to 2025, where food critic Glòria Canabach returns home after her father's death. She tries to bring her family's old restaurant, Can Canabach, back to life with her niece Lola. Both the story of El Bulli and that of Can Canabach seem to revolve around food and the past.However, Welcome to El Bulli is not just about how El Bulli became famous. According to Netflix, it will also show:"Friendship, ambition, personal sacrifice and the tensions that accompanied a constant pursuit of innovation, reflected in the impact it had on global food criticism."According to Netflix, Welcome to El Bulli was shot in different parts of Catalonia. Also read: "Happened to have a copy": Mythland reveals ex-government press officer's account on Scotland's mysterious UFO sighting involving RAF jet