Looking back at one of my favorite places to shoot menus and interiors: DESCO - Oakland!
It was 2016 - It was one of Donato's restaurants - The light was really beautiful and the atmosphere was fantastic - The food was excellent!
Who remembers this?
A great honor to be considered part of the Terún team and a real pleasure to have photographed the 10th Anniversary celebrations of the restaurant that the Campilongo brothers and their great friend Kristjan opened 10 years ago!
Their father appears every year and his pride in these children is evident, who have been dedicating themselves to this dream for so many years, obtaining a well-deserved success!
I won't add anything else: look at the photos of the evening below and think of the perfumes, the hugs, the many gifts and the loud and incessant music!
Read MoreI love to photograph the new creations that Chef Donato prepares for each new season for his restaurant in Redwood City: DONATO ENOTECA
Read MoreI returned to photography in BayCat after these difficult years of the pandemic. The group of creatives has changed and the new group explodes with a fantastic energy that has infected me! They are sparkling, young, wonderful! I'm curious to see what they will do.
Read MoreIt was a great pleasure to photograph the wine dinner organized by John - PRIMA Vini Wine & Spirits Merchants and Ordine dei Cavalieri del Tartufo e dei Vini di Alba & Chef Gianluca Guglielmi with the wines of E. Pira & Figli - Chiara Boschis.
Alongside Chiara, her niece, who helped explain the wines of their winery with #dolcettodalba, #barberadalba, #nebbiolo, #barolo Barolo Via Nuova, Barolo Mosconi, Barolo Cannubi.
A beautiful evening!
Read MoreAn amazing dinner with the legendary CHIARA BOSCHIS of E. Pira & Figli -A rare opportunity to taste his Barolo combined with a special menu prepared by Chef Gianluca Guglielmi. Another reason to love my job!
With Prima Vini and the Knights of the White Truffle and Wines of Alba.
Sweet delicate perfect little one!
Read MoreAlso this year the aperitif to celebrate the holidays took place at the Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco with the precious intervention of the Consul General Sergio Strozzi, Serena Perfetto and the whole BAIA group.
Thank you for inviting DILUNA to capture this festive moment too!
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Read MoreA beautiful afternoon to taste the delicacies offered by CRU and Donato Store for these holidays: panettone, pandoro, cookies, prosciutto and salami but above all a very accurate selection of wines imported from Vinum Italia.
Read MoreChristmas is approaching and the usual appointment dedicated to the wine tasting of Donato Enoteca is back. As usual, more than 100 wines are presented - this is the reason for the name - accompanied by the food that Chef Donato and Chef Gianluca have prepared. Obviously the "porchetta" is never missing, which this time was better than ever!!!! Wow! Very nice and happy people who appreciated and bought cases of excellent wine to use during the holidays. A truly very special afternoon! Thank you for the welcome and for the smiles: vi adoro!
Donato Enoteca Past Events
Read MoreThe 16th Chapter "The White Truffle of Alba" Grand Gala was held on Sunday 20 November at Donato Enoteca.
A touching ceremony celebrated new knights and a traditional Piemontese dinner designed by Cavaliere Donato Scotti to feature the legendary Alba's White Truffle completed the beautiful evening. A curated selection of prestigious fine wines from Cavalieri wine-growers have completed all courses. Numerous those who attended the evening with enthusiasm and emotion!
I hope I managed to capture all the special moments!
Read MoreChef Donato explains the new dishes included in the a la carte menu for this season.
We see salads with citrus fruits, Ahi tuna with Sicilian caponata, a delicious Fritto Invernale, but also more demanding dishes such as Dry-Aged Ribeye on a bed of polenta Taragna. Two new pizzas could not be missing: pizza nduja, rape e scamorza and pizza house-made speck, gorgonzola and pears. Super tasty! Super Yummy! I hope you can smell it too!
Photo gallery - Wine Dinner with Chiappini Winery and Martina Chiappini at Donato Enoteca
Read MoreIt was a great honor for me to be part of the gala for the evening honoring 10 years of care in the Bay Area by There With Care - bayarea.therewithcare.org
Read MorePhoto gallery of the Wine Dinner with Cordero di Montezemolo Winery and Alberto Cordero di Montezemolo
Read MoreWorking while having fun and listening to good music, this is the evening spent in Italico for the 6th anniversary! An evening full of surprises and lots of people, excellent food and even Brazilian dancers who have unleashed everyone!
Read MorePhoto gallery - Wine Dinner with Alois Winery and Massimo Alois at Donato Enoteca
Read MoreStay in touch that Nadia Andreini | DILUNA has two new projects that it is designing!
It is always an exciting moment for me to start a new project, when the client tells me about his ideas and starts the development of the project design to communicate these new ideas to the world!
Here you can see a preview of one of the two: You Be the Kind! - Empowering the idea of originality against trends.
Read MoreWednesday Alice Pressenda, Claudio Fenocchio's niece, presented seven wines from the Azienda Agricola Giacomo Fenocchio. Alice described with passion the peculiarities of each Barolo chosen for the special dinner, including the tricks and details of the family’s work. Chef Donato and his sous chefs paired each wine with elegant Italian dishes.
It is always a great pleasure to be able to photograph these evenings which are a feast for every palate and an experience not to be missed!
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