Everything comes from the box … a story of square and friendship.
A cloud of stone-ground dust that flies into the room, the acrid smell of sourdough, grandma’s mastery of working the dough just the right way, the patience of rest, and then again patience, looking at the oven that slowly it warms that soft heart, the true taste embraced by the fragrant crust that screams under your teeth, and the scent that remains in your nose even when you leave the room, and you don’t care about anything anymore. Learn and then share art overseas, there in Boston and Los Angeles, and then across Channel, and go home to do serious things … Giovanni Becagli.
The everlasting friend Chef Patrizio Cirri, for 27 years Master of Cuisine at the Tenuta di Capezzana in Carmignano, now also Giovanni’s brother-in-law, with his recipes he participated in the writing of several books.
Unconditional supporter of Tuscan cuisine and the use of organic products linked to the territory, not only in Italy, but also in Europe and above all in the USA is engaged in their promotion. Several experiences at well-known restaurants in Los Angeles, Boston, Providence, San Francisco, cooked for personalities from the world of politics, sports and culture; even Jamie Oliver often goes here on his travels in Italy.
With unchanged enthusiasm of the early years he holds cooking classes for professional chefs and simple enthusiasts all over the world.
The Gentleman Receipt Receipts the result of this union. The idea was born in 2004, the project came to life in 2007 with the first big test.
We are a Catering and Banqueting Company based in Tuscany, with enormous pleasure increasingly appreciated and chosen for the most beautiful day. We aspire to interpret the idea that is told to us with always current and original solutions, we are passionate about stories and we tell them with food.
