AP Interview: Adria to cook at calendar launch

Spanish chef Ferran Adria' gestures prior to the start of a press conference for the official presentation of "2014 Lavazza calendar", in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. Adria said he made "a huge exception" when he agreed make a dish for a dinner to launch Lavazza's 2014 calendar. Adria confirmed Thursday that he has not cooked for a public event since closing his three-Michelin-star elBulli restaurant in 2011 despite "a lot of requests every day." The avant-garde chef says that even when elBulli was open, he rarely cooked elsewhere. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Spanish chef Ferran Adria' gestures prior to the start of a press conference for the official presentation of "2014 Lavazza calendar", in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. Adria said he made "a huge exception" when he agreed make a dish for a dinner to launch Lavazza's 2014 calendar. Adria confirmed Thursday that he has not cooked for a public event since closing his three-Michelin-star elBulli restaurant in 2011 despite "a lot of requests every day." The avant-garde chef says that even when elBulli was open, he rarely cooked elsewhere. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Spanish chef Ferran Adria' poses prior to the start of a press conference for the official presentation of "2014 Lavazza calendar", in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. Adria said he made "a huge exception" when he agreed make a dish for a dinner to launch Lavazza's 2014 calendar. Adria confirmed Thursday that he has not cooked for a public event since closing his three-Michelin-star elBulli restaurant in 2011 despite "a lot of requests every day." The avant-garde chef says that even when elBulli was open, he rarely cooked elsewhere. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Spanish chef Ferran Adria' stands during a press conference for the official presentation of "2014 Lavazza calendar", in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. Adria said he made "a huge exception" when he agreed make a dish for a dinner to launch Lavazza's 2014 calendar. Adria confirmed Thursday that he has not cooked for a public event since closing his three-Michelin-star elBulli restaurant in 2011 despite "a lot of requests every day." The avant-garde chef says that even when elBulli was open, he rarely cooked elsewhere. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

MILAN (AP) — Famed Spanish chef Ferran Adria says he will cook for an outside event for the first time since closing his three-star Michelin restaurant.

Adria told The Associated Press he's making a "huge exception" when he agreed to make a dish for a dinner Thursday to launch coffee-maker Lavazza's 2014 calendar. He says he's received "requests every day" to cook elsewhere since closing elBulli in 2011.

The avant-garde chef is reprising a "historic" 1992 dish: Granizado de tomate, an iced tomato and almond starter. He called it "a gift for the Lavazza family."

An image of Adria inside a think-bubble full of foodstuffs graces the cover of Lavazza's calendar, which features seven of the world's top chefs. Five others also are cooking for the dinner.

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