ONE TABLE NORTH
Gastronomy, stories and cultural exchange from Tromsø
FOOD CREATES PROXIMITY
One Table North is a new social-enterprise initiative being developed in Northern Norway.
We create professionally designed gastronomic and cultural experiences that connect people, territories and stories.
Our first international development line will build a bridge between Argentina and Northern Norway through food, migration narratives, cultural exchange and selected Argentine products.
One table. Many stories. Two countries beginning a conversation.
ONE TABLE NORTH
People who would rarely enter the same room will often sit at the same table.
Food creates a particular kind of space. It allows stories to be told without beginning with disagreement. It creates proximity before demanding consensus.
One Table North turns that simple idea into a professional format combining gastronomy, storytelling, cultural exchange and carefully designed human encounters.
The objective is not simply to organise dinners.
We want to build a financially sustainable company capable of producing meaningful experiences for the public, businesses, cultural institutions and community organisations.
WHAT WE DO
GASTRONOMIC EXPERIENCES
Carefully designed meals connecting ingredients, territories, identities and memories.
STORYTELLING
Short narratives that allow participants to understand the people, places and traditions behind the food.
CULTURAL EXCHANGE
Projects connecting cooks, writers, producers, businesses, institutions and communities across countries.
PROFESSIONAL ENCOUNTERS
Events for hotels, restaurants, importers, cultural professionals, companies and institutional partners.
SOCIAL CONNECTION
Shared-table experiences that create opportunities for contact between people who may otherwise remain socially or professionally separated.
ARGENTINA AT THE NORTHERN TABLE
An Argentine–Norwegian gastronomy and cultural programme
One of the first development lines of One Table North will build a bridge between Argentina and Northern Norway.
Argentina has an exceptionally rich culinary identity shaped by regional diversity, migration, indigenous traditions, European influences, family memory and adaptation.
Northern Norway has its own powerful relationship with territory, climate, seasonality, preservation and community.
One Table North will explore what can happen when these two cultural and gastronomic worlds meet.
The programme may include:
Argentine regional cuisine;
Norwegian ingredients interpreted through Argentine culinary traditions;
stories about migration, territory and memory;
collaborations with Argentine cooks, producers and cultural professionals;
encounters between Argentine and Norwegian businesses and institutions;
professional activities for hotels, restaurants and the hospitality sector;
cultural and institutional events;
workshops and gastronomic presentations;
responsible experiences involving Argentine wine through authorised Norwegian partners.
Argentina will not be presented merely as a national cuisine.
It will be presented as a living cultural tradition expressed through food, landscapes, communities and stories.
ARGENTINE WINE
Territory, people and story
Every wine begins with a place.
Behind each bottle there is a climate, a landscape, a producer, a community and a particular way of understanding time.
One Table North wants to create cultural and gastronomic contexts in which Argentine wine can be understood as part of a wider story about territory, migration, craftsmanship and identity.
Potential activities may include:
professional presentations for the hospitality sector;
gastronomic experiences pairing Argentine traditions with Northern Norwegian ingredients;
encounters between producers, importers, cooks and cultural professionals;
narrative materials about Argentine wine regions and their communities;
institutional and business events developed with appropriate partners.
One Table North will not independently import, distribute or sell alcoholic beverages unless the necessary legal structure and authorisations exist.
Any wine-related activity in Norway will be developed through authorised importers, licensed venues and appropriate professional partners, in accordance with Norwegian regulations.
No winery, importer, business or public institution should be considered a confirmed partner unless a formal agreement has been established.
THE FIRST PILOT IN TROMSØ
The first One Table North pilot is envisioned as a carefully designed gastronomic and narrative experience for approximately 50–70 participants.
The working concept combines:
a sequence of dishes connected to territories and stories;
Argentine and Northern Norwegian culinary elements;
personal and cultural narratives;
structured encounters between participants;
potential contributions from gastronomic, cultural and business partners;
documentation and evaluation of the experience.
The final venue, date, menu, participating organisations and production scale will depend on the funding, professional partners and formal agreements secured.
The pilot will be documented and evaluated before the format is repeated.
We want to understand:
the participant experience;
the operational and financial results;
the value created for partners;
the quality of the cultural and social encounter;
what worked;
what failed;
what should be changed before the next edition.
The objective is not to reproduce an untested formula.
Do not scale what you have not yet learned how to correct.
THE FOUNDER
Andrés Palladino
I am an Argentine cook and writer living and working in Tromsø.
I have approximately 25 years of experience in professional kitchens, including the organisation and management of kitchen operations in different countries.
Alongside gastronomy, I have studied philosophy and anthropology and developed my work as a writer and independent researcher.
My research focuses on corrigibility: the capacity of individuals, organisations and institutions to recognise problems, learn from experience and change course before mistakes become irreversible.
One Table North brings these different paths together:
the cook, the storyteller and the researcher of how human systems learn and adapt.
My role is to develop the initial concept and operating model, build the first partnerships and lead the preparation of the pilot.
One Table North is founder-led, but it is not intended to remain a one-person initiative.
Its development will require cooks, producers, importers, cultural professionals, venues, businesses, institutions and community partners.
Their roles will be defined transparently as formal agreements are established.
WATCH THE FOUNDER’S PRESENTATION
This presentation was recorded when the project still used its original working name, Kitchen Without Borders.
The name has evolved into One Table North, but the central purpose remains the same: using food, storytelling and shared experiences to create meaningful human encounters.
Watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eZYBlIdq-P0
A PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
One Table North is being developed as a professional and financially sustainable social enterprise.
Its future revenue may come from:
commissioned gastronomic and cultural experiences;
ticketed events;
corporate and institutional collaborations;
hospitality-sector projects;
workshops and educational activities;
cultural programming;
consulting and event production;
eligible grants and sponsorship;
collaborations with producers and authorised commercial partners.
Commercial sustainability and social purpose are not opposites.
The company must be capable of paying professionals for their work, creating value for its partners and producing measurable cultural and social outcomes.
Crowdfunding is being used to create the initial structure that will allow One Table North to begin operating professionally.
The company is not intended to depend permanently on donations.
OUR SOCIAL PURPOSE
One Table North is based on a simple conviction:
People separated by social categories can sometimes begin to understand one another when they share food, time and stories.
The company may eventually develop projects involving migration, cultural diversity, social inclusion, intergenerational encounters and communities affected by exclusion or displacement.
Each project will be developed with the appropriate professional partners, responsibilities and safeguards.
One Table North does not currently collect money on behalf of any external charitable or humanitarian organisation.
Any future charitable or humanitarian collaboration will require a separate formal agreement and clearly separated financial arrangements.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR PARTNERS
ARGENTINE PRODUCERS
Wineries, food producers and regional organisations interested in developing a meaningful presence in Northern Norway.
NORWEGIAN IMPORTERS AND HOSPITALITY PARTNERS
Authorised importers, hotels, restaurants, venues, sommeliers and hospitality professionals.
CULTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS
Embassies, municipalities, universities, festivals and cultural organisations interested in gastronomy and international exchange.
FOUNDING PARTNERS
Companies and individuals interested in helping establish One Table North as a professional Tromsø-based enterprise.
PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATORS
Cooks, writers, designers, photographers, researchers, producers and event professionals.
HELP BUILD THE FIRST TABLE
One Table North is currently in its pre-incorporation and development stage.
The crowdfunding campaign will help us:
establish the company responsibly;
obtain the necessary accounting and legal clarification;
develop the Argentine–Norwegian programme;
meet potential partners, producers and importers;
prepare the first Tromsø pilot;
document and evaluate what we learn;
build a professional and sustainable operating model.
The first objective is not simply to finance one dinner.
It is to create the structure capable of producing many experiences, building long-term partnerships and connecting people and cultures through food and stories.
SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN
https://www.spleis.no/project/513884
DISCUSS A PARTNERSHIP
We are currently speaking with potential producers, importers, hospitality partners, cultural institutions, sponsors and professional collaborators.
Andrés Palladino
Founder — One Table North
Tromsø, Norway
ONE TABLE NORTH
One table. Many stories. Two countries beginning a conversation.