The person who makes it happen
Chef Paolo Salvati ingredients — Tuscan producers for Dubai interventions
The birth of Salva
SALVA — from salvare (Latin, Italian): To preserve. To protect. To keep something alive.
Rooted in rural Tuscany and operating in the UAE, Salva draws from a tradition where food is balance and intention.
What we care about
Too often, meals are treated as logistics.
Something to “handle”, to “add”, to “fit in”.
But in leadership moments, negotiations, or collective gatherings, what happens around the table directly affects how people think, listen and decide.
Salva exists to remove that friction, and replace it with coherence.
A direct approach to food
Led by Paolo Salvati, Salva brings together culinary expertise, nutritional intelligence and situational awareness.
The work is about reading a room, understanding a context, and designing an experience that supports what needs to happen next.
We take only a limited number of projects a year. We keep a lean core, and call the right trusted circle when scale is needed.
This keeps things calm. And responsibility clear.
You always know who is holding the thread.
The Salva way
Each experience is delivered as a complete, non-itemised composition.
We consider:
the moment and its stakes
the rhythm of the gathering
the level of focus required
the collective energy in the room
From there, we design an integrated intervention combining food, hydration protocols, atmosphere and service — defined by us, adapted to the context.
No small decisions to make. No adjustments to manage. No cognitive load added.
