. >> charlie: your friend, my friend, nathan merbol. >> a very important figure in the world of cooking. because he's brought the scientific method, his way of working. i learned so much from him and in the world of cooking it's a luxury, an incredible luxury that nathan is working with us. in this world, i always tell all chefs, we have to thank him so much. i think he's the most intelligent person i've known in my life, and i've known a lot of people, i've met a lot of people. you know him. and this is an example of how smart he is, but he hasn't started the restaurant. but that's the interesting part. >> charlie: and he takes photographs. beautiful, beautiful, beautiful photographs. >> but also he made microsoft. >> charlie: he was the chief technologist, the chief technologist at microsoft. had a lot of technologists up there. here's what he said about you. >> well, i think he had an amazing contribution to 21s 21st century i. >> charlie: in pioneering electrical cooking? >> in pioneering his own style and bringing restauranting to the highest level. ferran comes to work as a bus bo