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title: "Irina Kostina — catering and gastronomic projects · Irina Kostina"
url: https://kostina.online/
language: en
description: "Irina Kostina — managing partner, Novikov Space speaker, creator of the “Catering from Scratch” course. Catering as a system and scenario: projects, method."
updated: 2026-10-16
author: Irina Kostina (Ирина Костина)
contact: https://me.kostina.online
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  - https://kostina.online/index.md
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CATERING

IS

NOT

ABOUT

FOOD

IT'S

ENGINEERING

OF

IMPRESSIONS

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IRINA KOSTINA / 01

# Irina Kostina

Catering. System and sequence.

Discuss an event

Managing partner · Novikov Space speaker · creator of the “Catering from Scratch” course · Wedding Awards jury member · Catering Heroes Club mentor · chair of the State Examination Commission · Catering Day speaker

MATERIAL · material

BRASSICA LAB

## Brassica Laboratory

From plant to plate: explore ingredients, techniques and recipes.

Enter the laboratory

02 / PRINCIPLE

eiπ + 1 = 0

## Different elements. One precise connection.

Euler’s identity represents coordination between elements.

## CATERING IS NOT ABOUT FOOD IT'S ENGINEERING OF IMPRESSIONS

I CREATE NEUROGASTRONOMY, DESIGN AND STRATEGY, TO CREATE EVENTS, THAT CHANGE THE RULES.

EULER'S IDENTITY SAYS BEAUTY APPEARS WHERE PRECISION IS PUSHED TO THE LIMIT

[Foundation →](https://kostina.online/foundation/)

03 / STRUCTURE

## How the work is structured

GRID · instrument

### A visual welcome

The team’s visual code becomes part of the welcome.

Discuss this approach

CONSTRUCTION · construction

### A station as a scene

A food station becomes a short scene: presentation and team movement follow one sequence.

Discuss this approach

PODIUM · object

### A menu as a story

Dishes that change form, gastronomic acts and a personal flavour vocabulary create one narrative.

Discuss this approach

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04 / METHOD

## Method

Temperature, route, responsibility. The diagram shows their connections.

An illustrative four-station diagram, not an event plan.

1. Define the sequence of service.

2. Connect the stations through the team’s route.

3. Assign responsibilities.

> “Catering is not about food; it is about managing chaos so that guests see only the celebration”Irina Kostina · on the catering market, 2026

> “The wedding market is already a little tired of food as a show”Irina Kostina · Wedding Magazine, 2026

STEAM · construction

Steam · construction.

ICE · object

BREAD · object

BOARD · object

TRACE · trace

HALL · construction

05 / CONTACT

## Start with your task.

Tell us about your event, team or training programme.

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Interval

The threshold of the event

A place for conversation