Lucia Donadio, Italy & France
Chef in Residence, Résidence Tallard
“Cooking is about caring for the moment when others come together.”
Lucia Donadio is a Naples-born, Paris-based chef whose practice brings together food, research, and hospitality. After studying political philosophy and psychology, she trained with three-Michelin-starred chef Niko Romito before developing a deeply personal approach to cooking rooted in care, seasonality, memory, and the cultures of the Mediterranean.
Through shared meals, banquets, and workshops, Lucia approaches the table as a space for encounter, transmission, and conversation. Working exclusively with seasonal, artisanal ingredients, she explores the stories carried by food and the connections between territory, biodiversity, ecology, and conviviality.
Lucia has been Chef in Residence at Résidence Tallard since its inception in spring 2024. She creates the meals that accompany each residency, guided by the belief that some of our most meaningful conversations begin around a table. From Priya Parker and Felwine Sarr to Michael Pollan and Satish Kumar, she has welcomed Tallard’s residents by making each meal an extension of the residency itself—a space for hospitality, attention, and exchange.
Beyond Tallard, Lucia works as an advisor to the international creative studio Station to Station, contributing her perspective on food, hospitality, and cultural programming to projects across different contexts and geographies. Her work has included collaborations with KADIST and Roscioli, as well as contributing to the development of the Open Kitchen project for Qatar Museums. Across her practice, she approaches cooking as a way of bringing people together and creating the conditions for conversation.