Annually, our Giuseppe Mazziotta visits his grandmother and grandfather in Italy in a small town called Palomonte, a community with almost 3.700 citizens, it is know for it's purity and it's agriculture. Just 20 minutes away from the Amalfi coasts.

Giuseppe quickly knew, that when he wants to recreate A Tavola it must be a place where all senses were triggered, a place and experience not to forget. An evening not simply dining but an adventure lasting for a lifetime. Therefore connecting all senses to a location, he traveled all the way to his grandparents, back to his roots.

Certain challenges were easy,

Sense of flavour — thanks for the amazing team of Alessandro Rota and his father Gerardo Mazziotta

Sense of touch — details, hidden all over the restaurant. Linnen made from fabrics of suits from a famous dutch company, Fabriano menu papers used also by Beethoven to write his songs

Sense of the eye — Interior created by Cris van Amsterdam to relfects the history of A Tavola back to 1999, emerged with the new influences of Giuseppe Mazziotta

Sense of hearing — An costume created music playlist, containing more than 12 albums contstantly changing during the evening to balance the emotions of our guests.

Yet, the biggest challenge and commonly forgotten in restaurant is the sense of smell, especially for a sommelier like Giuseppe, a restaurant must always obtain a neutral smell to not over-influence the character of a wine or dish. Yet an essencial key to finish all senses, so he discovered a way to extends guests experience beyond the restaurant, a gift meant to take home.

During his brief holiday in Italy where he stays at his grandparents house, sleeping next to the window with outside a fig tree, planted in the time his father was just a child breesing every morning in his room, he knew he had to do something with that feeling, climbing up a tree collecting all sorts of leaves and branches he created his own fragrance.

Sense of smell — Carefully crafted fig stems and leaves of his grandmothers garden to enrich the room and recreating a momentum of A Tavola's heritage