Pop-up restaurants: how social can you get?
For those who invite there are no obligatory health standards, very little bureaucracy, some earnings, and lots of friends all over the world
Ms MarmiteLover
Read for you by Donatella Cinelli Colombini
Don’t laugh, I really thought I knew all of the new tourism trends but I had not heard of this one: pop up restaurant,set up in private homes to be booked online. How cool! You arrive in New York, you don’t know anyone, and then after one week, choosing carefully where to go for dinner, you have had so much fun, you have seen how one lives in the Big Apple, you have plenty of new friends, and maybe you have even done business.
Le Cesarine
Then there is the other aspect: those who know how to cook, have a fancy home and are not scared of opening their home up to strangers, offering home food have found a way of earning some money ( the maximum is 5.000€ per year with receipt) and a way of meeting lots of people. I found the first news on Dissapore, one of my favourite blogs, and then it opened a whole new world for me
For many years we have had Le Cesarine practically super housewives cultivators of the traditional gastronomy who offer meals in their homes and organize cookery courses. Alongside their activity a new a new phenomena has appeared, which is much trendier, where the good food is important but what is essential is to live in a touristy area, to be sociable and to know some English. It seems that the pioneer was Ms Marmitelover who in 2009 created a secret restaurant in London. Her website is a masterpiece, and collects awards for photos, recipes and the events….
Gnammo
In Italy the website ceneromane has a catalogue for dinners at 120€ and less, in dream like locations such as balconies with a view of the Colosseum or frescoed buildings … like in the film “Vacanze romane” .It is possible to choose the home and the menu. Let’s continue our research with gnammo.org and here too you can find all sorts: from freshly laid eggs to dinners in a painter’s studio. The message is, cook, share, meet. In other words the social kitchens are a means for transforming a passion for cooking into a career and to also have fun whilst meeting people from all over the world. Why not try?