GELINAZ!
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2019
- HeadquartersParis, France
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2C
- OfferingServices
GELINAZ! firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- GELINAZ!
- Legal name
- GELINAZ!
- Website
- https://gelinaz.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2019
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
GELINAZ! industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Experiential Culinary Events
- NAICS
- Food Service Contractors (72231), Special Food Services (7223)
- SIC
- Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Food, Drink & Culinary Community Festivals (Community-Led) (MPAGAEAF)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Private Culinary Experiences (Chef’s Table, Home Dining, Market-to-Meal) (THAJALAH), Cooking Classes & Chef-Led Workshops (THAJAGAI)
Keywords
Where GELINAZ! is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Paris
- HQ country
- France
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
GELINAZ! business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2C
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others
Revenue model
- Event Ticket Sales: Revenue is generated through ticket sales for pop-up dining events. Events feature prix-fixe menus with beverages included at recommended prices. Diners book seats for one-time collaborative culinary performances.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | One-time event tickets with prix-fixe menu |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels6 records
GELINAZ! product offering
Product offeringCore offering
GELINAZ! organizes worldwide improvisational food performance events where 200+ avant-garde chefs from 38+ countries create experimental, one-time-only dining experiences. Diners purchase prix-fixe tickets to attend collaborative pop-up events where chefs swap identities, restaurants, or recipes. The collective operates as a creative network producing flagship formats such as The Grand Gelinaz! Shuffle, Silent Voices, Plays, and Walk With Us.
Product overview
Gelinaz! is a global culinary collective that organizes food performance events rather than operating as a traditional product company. The core offering consists of improvisational pop-up culinary events where cutting-edge chefs from around the world create experimental dishes. Key event formats include The Grand Gelinaz! Shuffle (where chefs swap restaurants and identities), The Grand Gelinaz! Shuffle Stay in Tour (2019, chefs swap recipes while staying home), The GELINAZ! "SILENT VOICES" ON TOUR (2020-21 pandemic series), Gelinaz! Plays (DJ-style food remixing performances), and Walk With Us (audience-participatory dining experiences). The collective comprises over 200 international chefs and is led by Andrea Petrini with operational support from Grand Cuisine (Patricia Meunier and Mat Gallet).
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- GELINAZ! Food Performance Events Worldwide pop-up culinary performance events where 200+ avant-garde chefs create experimental dishes in collaborative, one-time-only dinners; audiences buy prix-fixe tickets to participate in theatrical food experiences staged in restaurants across 70+ cities.
- The Grand Gelinaz! Shuffle Flagship Gelinaz! event in which top chefs secretly swap lives, identities, and restaurants to create the world's longest international dinner; chefs perform each other's recipes and dishes, remixing original menus in real time.
- The Grand Gelinaz! Shuffle Stay in Tour Worldwide food performance where chefs stay in their home restaurants and swap recipes for one day; each chef receives anonymous recipe "Matrixes" from peers to remix into never-before-served menus, with live cooking streamed across time zones.
- The GELINAZ! "SILENT VOICES" ON TOUR Pandemic-era touring event (December 2020 – November 2021) where original menus from locked-down and in-betweener chefs were remixed by the Gelinaz! collective across 35 locations in 28 countries.
- Gelinaz! Plays Arty food performance based on the principle of music variations, where international avant-garde chefs riff and play like DJs with dishes based on original recipes to be remixed repeatedly.
- Walk With Us Gelinaz! event where the order of service is deliberately disrupted and audience members leave the premises to walk with the performance, creating an unconventional, participatory dining journey.
Quantifiable outcome
- 2,200 recipes streamed across 17 time zones in single event
- +2 more outcomes
Companies that use GELINAZ!
Customer profileNamed customers6 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
GELINAZ! technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
GELINAZ! partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Grand CuisinecoreGrand Cuisine (Patricia Meunier and Mat Gallet) handles general management, artistic direction, communication, and production for all Gelinaz! events. They are integral creative partners who develop original visual identities and event concepts for the brand.
- ChocominorChoco is an app connecting restaurants and kitchens with suppliers, producers, and farmers. Partnered with Gelinaz! to reduce food waste and facilitate ordering for event participants.
- S.PellegrinominorS.Pellegrino is the Italian sparkling water brand that enhances fine dining experiences. They sponsor Gelinaz! events as part of their immersive dining collection partnerships.
- Cook_incminorCook_inc is an international food magazine that won Best Food Magazine in the World at Gourmand Cook Book Awards 2018. They partner with Gelinaz! for editorial and media coverage.
- LavazzaminorLavazza is the Italian coffee company that partnered with Gelinaz! for The Grand Gelinaz! Shuffle Stay In Tour. They asked selected Gelinaz! chefs to create coffee-influenced culinary artworks presented during the events.
- Food and Wine GazetteminorFood and Wine Gazette is a website covering the European and global food scene. They support Gelinaz! events with media coverage and weekly newsletter updates.
- Vienna InfominorVienna Info is the official Vienna tourism website that partnered with Gelinaz! for the Interlude event in Vienna, Austria (July 11, 2021).
- Tuorlo MagazineminorTuorlo is a digital magazine giving voice to culinary excellence through high-end video content. They support Gelinaz! events as media partners.
Scale indicators4 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
GELINAZ! competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Food on the Edge: Food on the Edge is an annual chef symposium in Galway curated by JP McMahon that brings together international chefs for discussions and dinners — a directly comparable chef-curated culinary event platform.
- MAD (by René Redzepi): MAD is René Redzepi's food think tank and symposium that convenes leading chefs, scientists, and thinkers for collaborative dialogue — the closest direct comparable to Gelinaz!'s chef-curated cultural events model.
- Cook It Raw: Cook It Raw is a chef collective event series (founded by René Redzepi, Niko Romito, and others) that gathers elite chefs in remote locations to cook together — a direct peer in the avant-garde chef-event space Gelinaz! occupies.
- Attable Festival: Attable is a culinary festival referenced in Gelinaz! team member Patricia Meunier's biography; it operates in the same avant-garde food event and chef-curated dining experience category.
Broad incumbents
- Chef's Table (Netflix): Chef's Table is the dominant media property in avant-garde gastronomy, featuring the same elite chef roster as Gelinaz! and competing for cultural mindshare among the same audience and sponsor pool.
- Bocuse d'Or: Bocuse d'Or is the most prestigious international chef competition with global finals and national selections; it shares Gelinaz!'s elite-chef ecosystem and global event cadence.
- World's 50 Best Restaurants: 50 Best is the dominant awards and events platform in global fine dining, organizing ceremonies, #50BestTalks, and broader gastronomy programming that overlaps Gelinaz!'s chef community and audience.
Emerging players
- Experimental Food Society: Experimental Food Society organizes avant-garde food-art events and dinners; it operates in the same conceptual space of food-as-performance that Gelinaz! defines.
- S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy: S.Pellegrino's young chef competition is a comparable global culinary platform for emerging and established chefs; as a Gelinaz! sponsor, it sits in a closely adjacent peer category.
Others
- StarChefs ICC: StarChefs runs the International Chefs Congress and related culinary content; while more trade/competition-oriented, it shares Gelinaz!'s chef community and food-media positioning.
Market position
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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GELINAZ! leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
GELINAZ! funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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GELINAZ! M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about GELINAZ!
What does GELINAZ! do?
GELINAZ! organizes worldwide improvisational food performance events where 200+ avant-garde chefs from 38+ countries create experimental, one-time-only dining experiences. Diners purchase prix-fixe tickets to attend collaborative pop-up events where chefs swap identities, restaurants, or recipes. The collective operates as a creative network producing flagship formats such as The Grand Gelinaz! Shuffle, Silent Voices, Plays, and Walk With Us.
Is GELINAZ! a public or private company?
GELINAZ! is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was GELINAZ! founded?
GELINAZ! was founded in 2019. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is GELINAZ! based?
GELINAZ! is headquartered in Paris, France, in the Europe region.
How does GELINAZ! make money?
One revenue line is on record: event Ticket Sales.
Who are GELINAZ!'s main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Food on the Edge, MAD (by René Redzepi), Cook It Raw and Attable Festival. Broad incumbents are Chef's Table (Netflix), Bocuse d'Or and World's 50 Best Restaurants. Emerging players are Experimental Food Society and S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy. StarChefs ICC is listed as an others.
Does GELINAZ! have an API?
No public API is recorded for GELINAZ!.
What industry is GELINAZ! in?
GELINAZ!'s product category is Experiential Culinary Events. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPAGAEAF, Food, Drink & Culinary Community Festivals (Community-Led), with a secondary code of THAJALAH, Private Culinary Experiences (Chef’s Table, Home Dining, Market-to-Meal). Its NAICS code is 72231 and its SIC code is 7900.