Elyes Lariani is a Tunisian cook and culinary artist whose practice merges gastronomy, ecology, and cultural storytelling. With a background in environmental engineering, he approaches cooking as a system, prioritizing seasonality, local sourcing, and the principles of the circular economy, while reinterpreting culinary heritage through a contemporary lens.
Inspired by his travels and by cuisines from around the world, Elyes intuitively and exploratively integrates diverse influences into his cooking. He enjoys experimenting with techniques, ingredients, and textures to create menus that function both as food and as narrative.
Presented through artistic residencies, exhibitions, or curated dinners, his meals become immersive compositions that balance research, craftsmanship, and emotion, positioning cuisine as a living medium capable of shaping memory, dialogue, and collective experience.
