Encatation – Culinary Experience

One “writes” his dishes, the other wants to “eat” his ideas. Alexandre Gauthier is a chef recognized around the world for his creativity and a unique identity that earned him a second Michelin star in 2017. It speaks of the rhythm of flavors, of the crescendo, of the rupture of flavors and the creation of a series of emotions. Alexandre Gauthier loves art, the encounters it provides him, and especially with pioneers such as Johann Le Guillerm, a renowned contemporary circus artist. The chef and the artist share the same way of doing things: laboratory research and artistic exploration combined with a pronounced taste for transgressing established codes. For “Encatation”, they combined their skills: the kitchen is made by the chef and the objects, shapes and scenography come from “Attraction”, the artistic research that Johann Le Guillerm has been carrying out for the last 20 years.

“Encatation” is an invitation to a strange ritual that will allow you to experience in an existential way what it is to savor concepts with both the stomach and the mind, those two extremities of Man that, connected to a column, allow him to stand upright. “Encatation” involves the whole body imagined as a place of total experience.

28 and 29 November (Thursday and Friday): 7:30 pm
30 November and 1 December (Saturday and Sunday): 11:30 am and 7:30 pm
Portimão Arena
Capacity: 60 participants per session
M/16 | 90 approx.Tickets
: 12,00€ (single price) | Includes meal
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Conception and set design: Johann Le Guillerm
Culinary translation of “Attraction”: Alexandre Gauthier
With the support of: Marie-Josée Ordener assisted by Laurent Mercier, Emilie Lecoester and Aurélie Ramet Service: Selma Noret-Terraz, Amandine Gilbert, Sylvain Ligot Lighting design: Hervé Gary
Sound design: Thomas Belhom
Construction: Jean-Marc Bernard, Silvain Ohl Set Design: Fanny Gautreau, Pauline Lamache, Julie Lesas Fabrication and production of stainless steel sets: Didier Deret
Production: Cirque ici – Johann Le Guillerm
Artistic programming: Lavrar o Mar – Cultural Cooperative for the celebration of the Centenary of the Elevation of Portimão to City (1924-2024), under a partnership established with the Municipality of Portimão.