Noel Rivas Ricoveri

this is our family love story, it all started with an arepería in our home in Bogotá almost a decade ago. lowkey… never stopped. recently we got together at @rivingtonzurich to celebrate the life of our head chef @elyunk the only way we know: arepas, friends, family, a full table, no rules far from where we come from, Colombia and Venezuela, but we still carry them with us this is how we care this is how we build community this is how we stay connected. in every gesture, every recipe there’s memory there’s something that holds us La Dorada is not just a pop-up it’s how we find each other again & again see you tomorrow — week two 🫓✨ gracias infinitas to our dearest @mayar.elbakry for the lovely 📸

Las primeras veces nunca se olvidan, y el domingo pasado Celeste cantó su primer karaoke; 💕.Gracias @lescomplices_zh por tan hermoso evento you killed 🙅🏽‍♀️🙅🏼‍♀️🙅🏻‍♀️⚔️🗡️

Hallacas 🫔 y más !! Celeste fue genial hacerte parte de nuestro universo de las hallacas este año mi cosita pechocha 💚💚💚feliz Navidad y feliz año que se nos va

Still floating from everything I experienced during the first residency with @thegramounce 🌿 at @mediamatic_ Grateful for the chance to create, connect, and share with so many inspiring souls. A week of learning, flavor, movement, and endless energy — what a beautiful ride💖💘

Croatia was fascinating, we went to Laura and Kriss’s wedding and stayed a few more days, best summer ever 🤗🥰🤍❤️

Happy birthday Celeste!🩵💚🤍💘🪐 Spending these three years with you has been magical. Thank you for bringing us all your joy and laughter funny Games and For all the unconditional love you give to me, my friends, and family, it’s truly special time to me. I love you, Celeste, to infinity and beyond.

🌽✨ Under the Same Sun: Cuando el maíz nos unió ✨🌽 This is the beginning of a story we’ve been weaving for a long time. These analog images, captured by @maledetta.stefani during our participation in Foodculture Days 2025, hold the essence of a journey that brought us together ~ through memory, resistance, and the shared language of food. KOMA is growing. As a collective, a practice, and a space for research, creation, and community. Rooted in diaspora, reciprocity, and the desire to nourish not only with ingredients but with questions, appreciation, and presence. Over the next few weeks, we’ll share more from this experience: the recipes, the fermentation experiments, the team behind the scenes, the challenges, the joy. This is just a first glimpse. A moment of stillness. We begin here, under the same sun. With deep gratitude to @foodculturedays for creating such a vital platform, and to @margauxschwab for her generosity, guidance, and vision. It was an honor to share this space with so many inspiring minds and hearts. 📸: @maledetta.stefani for @foodculturedays

Still thinking about everything that happened in this place and how beautiful it was, grateful to be part of @foodculturedays and all the collaborators who made 2 days of cooking possible.

“Menu Testing! We’re excited to share a sneak peek of the dishes we’re creating for the museum of modern art in Trujillo Peru; mushrooms with sweet potato and citrus reduction, leche de tigre with mango, yuzu and ginger, fresh cilantro, and crushed cancha corn.

~ No matter how far we are from our lands, their essence is always with us. ~ In many Latin American regions, the diaspora is woven into a collective identity. This manifests in shared recipes that embody not only territories but inherited food traditions and stories of migration. Ingredients like maize, manioca, plantain, and potato travel across borders, blending with new flavors and creating a multi-layered narrative of culture and resilience. Food becomes a common language that embraces diversity, bringing people closer to their roots while forging new connections. 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢: 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 ~ Looking back on our collaboration with @shuffle.ch 2024 this summer, where Latin American traditions met Swiss flavors. We created a space for sharing, exchanging, and reflecting — all through the power of food, stories, and cultural connections. A reminder of how food carries the essence of home. Maize, manioca, plantain, and potato told the story, enriched by Swiss seasonal ingredients, sound, movement, and visual storytelling. A gathering that celebrated heritage, identity, and unity. Team & Collaborators: 🌟 Noel Rivas @elyunk — Culinary Arts & Head Chef 🌟 Erika Calderon @selvalatina — Art Direction & Research 🌟 Jimena Martel @jimemartel — Scenography & Performance 🌟 Oliver Purtschert @ala_sakra — Fermentation 🌟 Ivan Roosli @ivan_person — Sound, Music & Performance 📸 Photos & Videos: Erika Calderon & Mayar El Bakry @mayar.elbakry #ManifestingDiaspora #Shuffle2024 #CommunalDining #CulturalExchange #MigrationThroughFood #FoodStories #HeritageAndFlavors

One of my favorite memories from this year was cooking for @shuffle.ch with @komaculturestudio surrounded by my friends in a beautiful location with perfect weather. We made hallacas, drank kombucha, enjoyed great music, and shared the experience with some amazing people. I’m so happy to have been a part of it.

Mi familia hermosa , tenerlas a mi lado en este cósmico y astral viaje de la vida es lo más maravilloso que me ha pasado, estos 2 años contigo Celeste llenos de mucha risas y amor no lo cambio por nada !! las amo tanto caída día 💛💙❤️‍🔥❤️🤍