Basqueing in culinary glory
By Bruce Palling
Famous chefs gathering together for a special dining event is becoming commonplace everywhere. It is great fun, especially if each course is the signature dish of a renowned restaurant that you may not have visited previously. The chefs too, enjoy it as it is one of the rare occasions when they can get together and let their hair down among colleagues-and rivals.
A dinner I once attended at Dani Garcia's two-star Michelin restaurant in Marbella was special for another reason as more than two dozen of Spain's greatest chefs gathered to honour Juan Mari Arzak, the Godfather of Basque Cuisine. Even Ferran Adria, the mad genius from elBulli, turned up, though his restaurant closed its doors seven years ago. Not only that, but all the
