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Our Story

Enabling togetherness and opportunity through home-cooking

La Scarpetta Supper Club is reimagining conviviality through community-based food systems. The social dimensions of food inspire Supper Club menus on the theme of “colliding cuisines'' to both foster a sense of belonging and challenge the dominant narratives that often contribute to polarisation.

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Meet The Team

Eleanor Ripoll

Co-Founder & Director

Having grown up in a multilingual household and around the world, Eleanor’s love for food originates from a very early age. Properly taking up cooking at university, Eleanor now spends her time experimenting with various cuisines influenced by her roots and various travels. She has always loved bringing people together over food, and is glad to be able to continually do this with La Scarpetta members!

Tess Korten

Co-Founder & Director

Tess is passionate about sourcing local and sustainable ingredients, loves long walks in the farmers market, and is inspired by creative approaches to traditional dishes. Growing up in a family restaurant business, in New York, has shaped Tess’ love for bringing people together over delicious meals.

Alex Williams

Product, Digital & Graphic Designer

With a background in Industrial design, Alex has a keen eye for detail and a deep appreciation for the visual aspect of everything he creates. He loves connecting with people through food, and his favourite culinary experience was dining at a Michelin-star restaurant in Madeira.

Our Partners

Slow Food UK

Charity Partner

Slow Food is a global, grassroots movement with thousands of members around the world that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment. Founded in 1989 in Italy, the United Kingdom is one of 150 countries Slow Food now operates in.

Slow Food UK is a not–for–profit organisation seeking to promote a better way to eat, celebrating the rich food traditions of the different nations that make up the UK, and protecting our edible biodiversity. They engage members of the public, food producers, chefs, businesses, academics and a global network, spreading and enacting their philosophies internationally and locally.

ROUGE

Venue Partner

Rouge shop was established by Yang Lei on Stoke Newington Highstreet in 2005. The shop brought unique oriental homeware and vintage furniture to London, mainly from China. Lei's vision is to offer a unique experience on the high street, beyond just consumption of food, drinks, and shopping. Doing, making, creating with others, in community, using creativity and community to heal.

Wine with Vidya

Wine Pairing Partner

Vidya Narasimhan is a wine consultant and communicator. Vidya’s passion for food and wine appreciation stems from her love for travel and curiosity when she would seek to eat and drink locally on her trips across the globe to understand culture and cuisine. Keen to make wine appreciation and learning an adventure – fun, approachable and accessible – Vidya offers personalised palate preference workshops so clients can understand their palates and wine preferences to better enjoy their glass of wine.

Vidya loves learning about wine and is currently a WSET L4 (Diploma) student. Vidya lends her voice to diversity, equity and inclusion as well as sustainability initiatives in the wine industry. She is an Ambassador for Be Inclusive Hospitality as well as one for the Sustainable Wine Roundtable.

Jules The Foodie

Venue Partner

Jules is a Chiswick based chef with a passion for creating delicious meals for people to enjoy at home. After training at Leith School of Food & Wine aged 16, she went on to gain valuable experience at some of the capital’s best restaurants including Le Gavroche and Bibendum. Put simply, Jules adores being a chef and loves nothing more than working with quality produce to create delicious, healthy and nutritious food for her clients.

Sapling Spirits

Spirits Pairing Partner

Sapling exists for three reasons; to lead the way with sustainability in the drinks industry, tackle climate change, and make world class spirits. They focus on reforestation, regenerative farming, waste reduction and eco packaging. Climate positive and delicious? Cheers!

Nomad Chefs

Guest Chef Partner

Nomad Chefs is a dedicated database of private chefs for hire in London, UK. Jojo Kelly started Nomad Chefs after witnessing first-hand how agency-booked private chefs couldn’t deliver dinner guests the experience they deserve. On the Nomad platform, each chef works as a freelancer and gets paid 100% of the cost of the menu. Their chefs are passionate about making each dining experience a unique and memorable experience.