A CONNECTING BUSINESS MODEL
Knowledge that keeps communities alive: for restaurateurs, destinations and the food industry
At Vila Podvin and Hiša Linhart we developed a connecting business model. The restaurant is its centre, linking producers, schools, artists, fellow restaurateurs and the town. When we help each other, we do not fail; we grow together and keep our identity. The model works, so we want to pass it on.
For inns, restaurants and hotels
In three days we recognise your story, renew your menu and develop dishes of your identity.
For destinations and local communities
We connect restaurateurs, farmers, craftspeople and schools into a shared offer of the place, following the model of Taste Radol'ca.
For the food industry and retailers
We develop products from Slovenian tradition and local ingredients that link the producer with farmers and customers.
The offer starts with local ingredients. We pay producers fairly, plan sowing with them and develop products together.
Our colleagues are locals who grow into independent professionals. We mentor students and employ people with special needs.
Artists, craftspeople, festivals and old recipes are part of the offer. The house becomes the shop window of its town.
Colleagues are not competitors. In Taste Radol'ca we plan events together and bring guests to the town.
A teacher of Russian and sociology and a licensed tourist guide. For more than twenty years she has worked in tourism and hospitality, from sales and marketing to staff development and company management. She sees restaurants and hotels as the shop windows of their destinations. Her motto: without an inn there is no destination, and without connecting there are no new ideas.
A chef with a Michelin star and a green star for sustainability, hospitality business organiser and mentor to students. For decades he has researched Slovenian cuisine and developed heritage dishes into new cuisine. As a mentor he has trained many teams and renewed the offer of many businesses.
We have worked with restaurateurs, hotels, institutions and companies across Slovenia, including Jasna Chalet Resort, Kope, Postojna Cave, Terme Olimia, the Bank of Slovenia, SPAR Slovenia and the Idrija Tourist Board.
To talk about working together, call +386 8 384 34 70 or +386 41 747 636.
