A fully catered day after Web Summit.
A luxury villa in Cascais
Pool, private pine garden and a fireplace · 25 minutes from Lisbon Airport.
Arrive anytime between 12:00 and 14:00. I’ll serve plov around 15:00, and we’ll be there until 23:00.
Join me for a relaxed day with fellow founders and entrepreneurs, women and men. I’ll serve lamb-and-rice plov with salads and snacks, then grill more meat towards evening. Tea and soft drinks are included throughout, with fruit and sweets by the fire.
The gathering
One ticket. The whole day.
Your place covers the food, tea and soft drinks throughout the day. Come to unwind after Web Summit with fellow founders and entrepreneurs, women and men, around a table I’ll take care of.
- Arrive 12:00–14:00
- Settle in with tea, meet the other guests and take a walk in the pine garden.
- Plov around 15:00
- Lamb plov, grilled meats, salads, snacks, fresh herbs and lavash.
- Stay into the evening
- More meat from the grill, then fireside tea with fruit and sweets.
A feast built around Uzbek lamb plov.
Plov is rice cooked with lamb, carrots, spices and whole heads of garlic. Mine follows the traditional Uzbek recipe my father taught me. Around it, I’ll serve grilled meat skewers, shakarob — fresh tomato and onion salad — snacks, herbs and Armenian lavash.
Hot green tea and soft drinks throughout the day. Bring your own spirits if you’d like brandy or something similar.
A private villa in Cascais
A luxury villa in Cascais with a pool, a spacious private garden with its own pine trees and a fireplace, 25 minutes from Lisbon Airport. I’ll email guests the exact address closer to the day.
A short film from one of our gatherings: lamb and carrots go into the kazan to make the zirvak, followed by rice and garlic.
Alexander Pichugin
Founder of Bò and your host for the day
I’ve worked in IT for more than twenty years, and I’ve cooked since my teens. Even then, I was making shashlik and plov, cooking soups, working with dough and trying recipes I’d never seen before.
Taste, smell and texture help me recreate the feeling of a dish. That love of good food, together with my interest in health and longevity, led me to start Bò, the brand under which I make slow-simmered bone broth and cooking marrow fat.
I’ve been cooking plov since I was about sixteen, for over 23 years now. My father taught me the traditional Uzbek recipe he’d cooked since his student days, which he knew through friends and scientific colleagues from Uzbekistan.
I once served my chickpea plov to Khakim Ganiev, who thought highly of it.
I cook the plov in rendered lamb fat with Bò cooking marrow fat, without seed oils.
We’ve been gathering around plov in Lisbon for a while
I cook plov and shashlik for our Digital Whooigital community gatherings. This time, I’m inviting those coming to Web Summit to join us at the table too.
Come for the whole day
14 November · Cascais
A gathering for women and men in business after Web Summit. Arrive anytime between 12:00 and 14:00. I’ll serve plov around 15:00, and we’ll be there until 23:00. I’ll cook and serve the food while you relax. Take your time settling in while the plov finishes cooking.
There’s room for 40 guests. Alongside the plov and shashlik, I’ll prepare a few small treats from the Bò kitchen.
Lamb plov, grilled meats, salads, snacks, lavash, tea and soft drinks are included, along with sweets and fruit.
Email AlexanderOne place covers the full day of food, tea and soft drinks. Everyone enjoys the same menu; booking earlier costs less.
Choose your number of guests and pay through Stripe. I’ll send confirmation to the email address you enter at checkout.
Before you come
What if I have a food allergy?
Email me before paying and tell me which ingredients you need to avoid. I’ll go through the dishes with you so you can decide whether the menu works for you. There isn’t a vegan menu.
Can I come earlier to see the cooking?
Yes. I’ll light the fire and start preparing before everyone arrives. If you’d like to see the whole process, lend a hand or ask about the recipe, email me beforehand and we’ll agree a time.