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About Elements of Food
Elements of Food
Milan food tours: details and booking →
Elements of Food runs small-group and private food tours in Milan, led by local guides who know each neighbourhood. Each tour takes you through one area: Isola, Chinatown around Via Paolo Sarpi, or the historic centre behind the Duomo, with its markets, family businesses and the history behind what you eat.
Values:
Real food, real people: We visit family-run bakeries, delis, markets and trattorias, and you meet the people behind the food.
Local knowledge: Our guides live in the city and know its food from the inside: regional traditions, immigrant kitchens and new places.
Small groups: We keep groups small, so there is time for questions, conversation and tasting at your own pace.
Independent and seasonal: We choose independent businesses that work with seasonal, local products.
Vision:
That you leave each tour understanding the city a little better, with a full stomach and a list of places you'll want to come back to.
Mission:
To show you Milan through its food: small groups, local guides, honest tastings, and the stories of the people who cook, bake and sell it.
History: Elements of Food was founded in Berlin in 2015 by chef Itay Novik, to show visitors and locals the city through its food and the people who make it. Today we also run small-group food tours in Milan, led by local guide Isabella Bianco and by Itay, in Isola, Chinatown and the historic centre.
Our Team
Founder of Elements of Food
Chef and culinary guide in Berlin since 2011, after six years in Italy. Itay creates food experiences that explore food culture, urban history and the migration stories behind each dish. He also writes about food and guides culinary experiences for international journalists in collaboration with visitBerlin. His work has been featured in Condé Nast Traveller, Le Figaro and Der Tagesspiegel.
I'm Isabella Bianco, living and breathing Milan for the past 10 years. My journey with food began as long as I can remember, a kind of latchkey girl combined with being a child of immigrant parents from the USSR ...
