from knife to note

Some dinners are remembered for the food. Others stay with you because of the people around the table and the reason everyone came together. Pasta With Purpose was one of those evenings, built on good food, shared effort and the belief that a meal can quietly do something meaningful.

From our quiet curing room in Gozo to the bustling stage at Ta’ Qali, we recently stepped out of the kitchen to represent the future of local, artisanal food. Here is how a tiny, nose-to-tail passion project caught the eye of the public and the judges alike, and what it means for the next chapter of Nelli’s Ċarkuterija.

Stepping into the Malta Fairs and Conventions Centre for Agrifair 2026 was a massive milestone for our team of three. Moving from the quiet routine of our kitchen to a bustling national exhibition was nerve-wracking, but it gave us the perfect platform to share our slow, nose-to-tail philosophy with the wider food community. Here is how our first large-scale fair unfolded.

There are some evenings that remind you why collaboration matters. Not because everything has to be big or overly planned, but because the right people bring their own craft to the table and something good happens naturally.

Flavour in our cured meats starts long before the cure, before the smoke, before the knife.