Cultural Show Cooking Experience in Milan

Here, with a never-before-seen Show Cooking Experience, we cross the threshold of “rule of art” cooking in Milan, where a recipe is not just a dish, but a journey through time and space. A return to the origins of ingredients, the tradition of gestures, the history of places and the legends of men. Not for nothing is it said that“food is culture.” Guests are invited to share the pleasure of a live streaming digital experience dedicated to the food and wine tradition of Milan and Lombardy, to indulge in a moment of pause and leisure during a business meeting, a meeting or an online corporate event. But also, by sending a box with the ingredients to prepare the recipe to your home or office, it can be the perfect team-building activity to strengthen the bonds between employees and with clients, divided between smart working and daily calls, under the banner of what unites us all and brings us together: our quality culinary tradition.

In a continuum from culture to plate, the show cooking experience kicks off with the images and cultural-historical tales of an expert speaker and art historian, who reveals to participants the curiosities and unseen details behind Milan’s recipes and the typical ingredients of Lombard cuisine, and then literally takes shape in the skillful and measured gestures of a professional chef, keeper of the secrets of the culinary art.

The Risotto Show Cooking

Risotto undoubtedly deserves special mention among the typical dishes of Lombardy cuisine. There are many recipes and variants: from the iconic and very Milanese“risotto allo zafferano,” to risottos prepared on special occasions (such as the“risotto della Giubiana,” linked to an ancient rural ritual), to quicker but no less tasty recipes, such as“riso in cagnone,” just to mention a few examples. Whatever the choice, even the simplest of recipes tells a centuries-long story, taking us back to discover the origins of our eating habits, the knowledge of the land, the raw materials and quality products, and the singular birth of the tastiest dishes.

Milan Cathedral and Saffron

This cultural show cooking experience is also an opportunity to look at Milan’s iconic places and monuments from a different perspective, as in the case of the Duomo and risotto alla Milanese: participants are virtually guided through the Duomo Cathedral, where they meet the young garzone Zafferano, who, according to a fascinating legend linked to the Duomo’s stained glass windows, is the creator, perhaps fortuitously, of the first yellow risotto, to which he lent his name. After this excursus into art and color, a professional chef shows guests step-by-step how to make the perfect risotto allo milanese, from the choice of ingredients to the secrets of preparations to give the rice its characteristic homogeneous and vibrant yellow color or to achieve a workmanlike mantecatura. Guests can then reproduce the recipe at home, wowing family and friends with captivating tales and demonstrating unexpected culinary mastery.

• Event customization for date, time, schedule and timing according to client and participant needs
• Pre-event counseling, organization and management and development of the detailed program
• Assistance on the day of the event until the conclusion
• Welcome of event participants
• Guided tour, if provided, by Neiade Tour & Events’ professional guides, also upon request in languages other than Italian or English
• Exclusive reserved location/means of transportation if provided

• Organizing cocktails, lunches and dinners, and convivial moments in dedicated areas or exclusive reserved locations
• Ability to combine the event, in selected locations and business endowment, with product presentations, meetings, press conferences
• Processing supporting materials
• Hostess service during the event also for sampling activities and distribution of products or promo material
• Transfers by NCC, minivan and bus
• Professional photographer throughout the event
• Proven suppliers for dedicated setups

If you want to further enrich the sensory value of the experience, the cultural risotto show cooking can become an all-round corporate team building activity, to share taste and fun among colleagues.
In the days before the event, the list of ingredients will be sent to participants, so they can follow the chef step by step and try their hand at preparing the dish. Or, we’ll take care of the shopping list, delivering to each guest’s home a dedicated box containing everything they need to experience the live show as protagonists. Not just risotto. The pivotal dishes of the Milanese and Lombard culinary tradition are varied and the choice is really wide. Upon request, it is possible to identify the most suitable recipe for the occasion, or to customize a dish with ingredients and flavors related to a specific anniversary or corporate theme.
The show cooking can also be happily combined with a wine tasting or mixology experience, or it can be embellished by sending a special gift inserted inside a dedicated box, perhaps surprising guests with a selection of excellent products from theMenegnese and Italianfood and wine industry.