The art of table-scaping

I am at my happiest (and stressed) when I host a dinner, a lunch or a brunch at my house. One of my Passioni di Vita is to cook, despite making me hardcore anxious and autistic, I love having friends over at home.

These are some of my tips for anyone who wants to start or see how I do it:

The cooking does not have to be difficult to be nice. Literally just cut your tomatoes horizontally and sprinkle with herbs and voila

Tableware should be playful not too coordinated nor uncoordinated.

As center piece, always use candles that match the tableware and decor with whatever you have at home: fruits, bread, vegetables, flowers, woven bags, you name it - as long as it makes sense with the overall atmosphere and menu. I personally buy all my candles IRL (Milano - via Meravigli, London: Indian shop in Portobello Road)

Food: I try to keep it as natural and decomposed as possible, don’t mix things until you eat!!
Play with heights: use a couple of cake stands to put your food and create depth within your table.

Start preparing like minimum 2/3 hours before cause you will panic - even if you think you won't, trust me, you will - when you cook you cannot absolutely multi-task its hyper difficult!
Table cloth can be colourful but not dark!!