A letter from us to you
And in the kitchen today it finds its best form.
At the age of 5 I cooked my first meal, oven-baked chicken with potatoes, inspired by my mom’s cooking notes.
From that day, my taste buds demanded more. Growing up I fell in love with the idea of eating authentic food at home.
Coming from a financial background, I’ve been an entrepreneur for almost all my life. When In 2007 I started cooking regularly in my kitchen, my culinary research began. With the prime desire of impressing my girlfriend (and myself), I dug in the most compelling secrets of great taste, experimenting Japanese, French, and, most importantly, Italian cuisine. My goal was to achieve the high level of a restaurant, at home.
To do that, I knew that a good technique wasn’t everything. I knew that the secret of excellent food is the food itself: because quality is key.
Endless research and a deep understanding of the ingredients were what I needed to accomplish in order to meet my goal.
After realizing that Switzerland was not the right place to look for this, I went straight to the source: Italy, where the producers of some of the finest food on Earth still work the traditional, most genuine way.
I met and got tutored by Italy’s best truffle hunters, anchovy producers, wine makers, flour mills and pasta makers, and tomato farmers from “Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio” in Campania. I was honoured to prepare salumi for “Macelleria del Centro Storico” in San Marzano, under the supervision of Maestro Calabrese, and many more.
This journey taught me so much, that I decided to mould it into Terra Consulting. What started as the passion of a curious cuisine lover, today is a business that proves the science of gastronomy right. With our ingredients and restless research, anyone can cook food at home as in a restaurant. Let me share with you what many consider the best of the world’s cookery, from small Italian producers to your tables.
Welcome to Terra Consulting.
The Founder,
Dmitry
Our
Philosophy
To the few who dare consider food a form of art, we dedicate Terra Consulting, where the finest Italian delicatessens travel directly from the source to meet the most demanding palates of Switzerland.A priceless gift from the labor of legacies of farmers, who dedicated their lives to growing outstanding products, preserving traditional methods from generation to generation.
Our research for quality
Slow Food
Our products are made with passion and slow processes. Meant to be enjoyed bite by bite, surrounded by the people you love.
From the source to you
From the beating heart of Italian cuisine, our foods travel through our hands directly to your table.
Unique ingredients
We locate unique products that are only available in certain areas of Italy. Our suppliers are deeply connected to their land.
The common values between the Slow Food Foundation and Terra Consulting have naturally resulted in our long-term partnership. We have built this partnership on our shared idea of food produced sustainably, without excessive pesticides, in respect of the land’s seasonality and animal welfare.
Ever since the foundation, Terra Consulting has passionately endorsed the best of Italian gastronomy and its finest ingredients, in an effort to bring their great taste to the dinner tables of Switzerland.
Many of our products are already Presidio Slow Food Italy and certified DOP, IGP, DECO. That’s why the slow food philosophy is embedded withinTerra Consulting’s soul: our suppliers are Italian farmers and artisans who have dedicated their lives to the land and to timeless food traditions. Their passion and love for the raw ingredients have allowed them to keep working in a fair and sustainable way, generation after generation.