From the archive · Gourmet · 11 June 2012

Gourmet: Ferran Adrià and Fermi Puig inaugurated Columbus

It has opened a new multipurpose space in Barcelona. His name is Columbus and its opening has had two exceptional chefs: Ferran Adrià and Fermi Puig.

The initiative is a pioneer in Barcelona and its differential value is to have employees from different areas recognized intellectuals. Among these, the writer and commentator Rahola, economist Carles Torrecilla, Monica Terribas journalist and coordinator of exhibitions at the MACBA, CristinaBonet.

The project is led by Adriana and Janna Sabata, along with his mother Jorgina Llongueres, Columbus created to respond to a society whose concerns go beyond the daily concerns.

This new space, 300 m2, has several areas with luxurious amenities. A large kitchen, suitable for ten students, a lounge area where you converse with maximum comfort, a multipurpose room equipped with projector, screen and sound system and a convertible seat auditorium area seating for 50 people.

Columbus is an extension of home. Its objective is based on a meeting place to exchange ideas which made ​​all sorts of tastings, debates, exhibitions, forums or presentations.

His inauguration was attended by more important characters: the chef Carles Gaig, the marriage of Joan and parents Montserrat Piqué FC Barcelona football player Gerard Pique, singer Nina, Quim Vila Vila Viniteca, and Albert Baronet of Nike, among nearly 200 people . Columbus is in the upper area of ​​Barcelona, on Calle Santa Maria Nau number 5-7.