The commission
Eight steps, and only one of them is dinner.
There is no menu to choose from and no date to reserve. An evening is built from nothing, which takes longer than a booking and is the entire point. What follows is what each step actually asks of you.
- 01
Inquiry and first questions
You write to us, and we send a questionnaire. It asks what you are looking for, the mood you want, how far into the experimental you are willing to go, and what the evening is actually for.
- 02
Discovery call
A call with Chef Limardo and the team. Themes, constraints, the things you loved once and the things you will not eat. This is where his creative radar switches on.
- 03
Curated proposal
We return with a written concept: the narrative of the evening, a menu direction, the wine and cocktails that go with it, a music idea, and the price. Everything in one document, before you commit to anything.
- 04
Creation and research
Chef Limardo begins developing dishes that do not exist yet, built around your brief. You are welcome in the room while he works — tasting versions, discarding them, keeping the ones you love. Almost no one gets to see this part of a chef's work. It is the reason to commission an atelier instead of hiring a caterer.
This is the part you are actually buying.
- 05
Detailing
Final guest count, the shape of the evening, menu adjustments, the music, and any moment you want built in — a speech, a surprise, something only your family understands.
- 06
The visit
The chef and team come to your home before the evening. They look at the kitchen honestly, work out where the cooking will happen, and agree what the room needs — which is usually less than people expect.
- 07
The evening
The kitchen arrives in the afternoon and is ready by dark. Chef and team, the ingredients, the drinks, the service. The cooking can be something to gather around, or something that happens quietly while the room does what it came to do. Tell us which you want.
- 08
Afterward
The kitchen is packed, the lighting comes down, and your home is your home again by morning. What stays is the menu, as it was served.
How far it goes
The same chef. A different undertaking.
Every commission is made to order, but they are not all the same size of thing. Neither end of this is the lesser one — a chef with his record cooking his own food in your kitchen is a complete commission, not the entry point to a better one. These are simply the decisions that move an evening, and the number in the proposal, from one end to the other.
The food
At one end: The dishes Chef Limardo is known for, cooked by him in your kitchen.
At the other: A menu invented for your evening, and never served again to anyone.
The table
At one end: Your own glass and linen, if you would rather the table stayed yours.
At the other: Glass, ceramics and light chosen for this menu and this room.
The sound
At one end: A room that sounds right and stays out of the way.
At the other: Music written against each course, changing as the plates land.
The dials move independently, and an evening can sit anywhere between the two — a menu invented for you and your own glasses on the table is a perfectly ordinary answer. You do not have to know where you land before you write.
That is the whole of it.
If it sounds like the evening you want, the first step is a note. Andrea reads every one and replies personally.
Begin a commission