In fact, El Bulli's end seems to have opened up space for other farmers, food producers and chefs to step out of Adria's shadow and show off their culinary diversity.
Some shadow ministers complain that the minifesto was a golden opportunity to show voters that the Conservative Party was at last thinking creatively about many issues other than Europe, but that Mr Hague squandered this opportunity by over-emphasising once again its hostility to the single currency.