BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:25336@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Umami: Taste Club DTSTAMP:20260728T181020Z DTSTART:20260806T160000Z DTEND:20260806T180000Z DESCRIPTION:What does umami actually taste like?\nMany of us have heard of it. Some think they know it. Yet when asked to describe\nit\, we often str uggle to find the words.\n\nThis gathering invites you to slow down\, tast e differently\, and explore the\nworld's most elusive taste through conver sation\, experimentation\, and shared\ndiscovery.\n\nTickets [https://medi amatic.stager.co/shop/default/events/111683691]\n\n\nWHAT WILL YOU DO\n\nH osted in the Panorama Studio at Mediamatic\, we'll spend relaxed Thursday\ nevening around a table filled with umami-rich ingredients. Together we'll taste\,\ncompare\, question\, and redefine what umami means—not as a fixe d definition\, but\nas a sensory experience that unfolds differently for e veryone.\n\nThis is not a cooking class\, and it's not a lecture.\n\nIt is a participatory experience where every guest contributes to the table.\nW hether you're a food lover\, designer\, chef\, artist\, entrepreneur\, res earcher\,\nor simply curious\, you're invited to join.\n\nThroughout the g athering we'll experiment with perception\, discovering how our\nsenses in fluence taste and how attention can transform the way we experience\nfood. \n\n\nEnlarge\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/image/2026/7/27/umami_foodclub_ 1.jpg%28%29%28152151BC723723A11B8D8488960DBCE3%29.jpg]\nhttps://www.mediam atic.net/en/page/393561/umami-foodclub-1\n\numami-foodclub-1 -\n[https://w ww.mediamatic.net/image/2026/7/27/umami_foodclub_1.jpg%28%29%28152151BC723 723A11B8D8488960DBCE3%29.jpg]\n\n\n\n\nWHAT TO BRING\n\nBring one ingredie nt that you believe expresses umami! It might be something\nfamiliar\, sur prising\, fermented\, fresh\, or deeply personal. We'll introduce our\ning redients\, taste them together\, and explore why each one evokes this\nrem arkable fifth taste.\n\n\n\nYOU'LL LEAVE WITH\n\n• A deeper understanding of umami\n\n• A new awareness of your own sensory perception\n\n• Fresh pe rspectives on taste and creativity\n\n• New conversations and connections\ n\n• Inspiration to continue exploring food through all your senses\n\nEnl arge\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/image/2026/2/25/laila_snevele_2025_img_0 527.jpg%28%29%283B504000447D1C3538532422D4E13AA4%29.jpg]\nhttps://www.medi amatic.net/en/page/393038/laila-snevele-2025\n\nLaila Snevele\, 2025 -\n[h ttps://www.mediamatic.net/image/2026/2/25/laila_snevele_2025_img_0527.jpg% 28%29%283B504000447D1C3538532422D4E13AA4%29.jpg]\n\nWith: Laila Snevele [h ttps://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/382263/laila-snevele]\n\n\n\n\nLAILA SNE VELE/SENSOVERSE\n\nSensory food designer Laila Snevele explores the percep tion of food through\nmultisensorial research. What role does color\, shap e\, texture\, temperature\,\nsound\, mouthfeel and aroma play in our under standing of a certain food? And how\ncan we use these elements to change o r elevate our sense of taste? Snevele\ndesigns recipes for the brain.\n\nS he create custom sensory solutions for brands\, events and restaurants and gives\ntalks and workshops on creative thinking and food design.\n\n\nINF ORMATION\n\n6th of August\n18:00 - 20:00\nLocation: Panorama Studio @ Medi amatic\n\nTickets [https://mediamatic.stager.co/shop/default/events/111683 691]\n\nThe event has a capacity of maximum 12 people. Registration will b e possible in\nadvance or on the day itself via the ticket link.\n\nPlease note that this workshop will be held in English.\nFor questions\, please send an email to workshop@mediamatic.nl\n[workshop@mediamatic.nl].\n\nRead our ticket terms and conditions here\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/terms-c onditions]. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/umami-taste-club GEO:52.3765012;4.9132763 LOCATION:Mediamatic - Dijksgracht 6\, 1019 BS Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,classes,eastern docklands,food,lecture,talk,wo rkshop X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

What does umami actually taste like?
Ma ny of us have heard of it. Some think they know it. Yet when asked to desc ribe it, we often struggle to find the words.

This gathering invite s you to slow down, taste differently, and explore the world's most elusiv e taste through conversation, experimentation, and shared discovery.

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What will you do

Hosted in the Pa norama Studio at Mediamatic, we'll spend relaxed Thursday evening around a table filled with umami-rich ingredients. Together we'll taste, compare, question, and redefine what umami means—not as a fixed definition, but as a sensory experience that unfolds differently for everyone.

This is not a cooking class, and it's not a lecture.

It is a participatory experience where every guest contributes to the table.
Whether you're a food lover, designer, chef, artist, entrepreneur, researcher, or simply curious, you're invited to join.

Throughout the gathering we'll exp eriment with perception, discovering how our senses influence taste and ho w attention can transform the way we experience food.

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What to bring

Bring one ingredient that you believe expresses umami! It might be something familiar, surprising, fermented, fresh, or de eply personal. We'll introduce our ingredients, taste them together, and e xplore why each one evokes this remarkable fifth taste.

You'll leave with

• A deeper understanding of umami

• A new awar eness of your own sensory perception

• Fresh perspectives on taste and creativity

• New conversations and connections

• Inspira tion to continue exploring food through all your senses

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With: Laila Snevele

Laila Snevele/Sensoverse

Sensory food designer Laila Snevele explores the perception of fo od through multisensorial research. What role does color, shape, texture, temperature, sound, mouthfeel and aroma play in our understanding of a cer tain food? And how can we use these elements to change or elevate our sens e of taste? Snevele designs recipes for the brain.

She create cu stom sensory solutions for brands, events and restaurants and gives talks and workshops on creative thinking and food design.

Information

6th of August
18:00 - 20:00
Location: Panorama Studio @ Media matic

Tickets

The event has a capacity of ma ximum 12 people. Registration will be possible in advance or on the day it self via the ticket link.

Please note that this workshop will be he ld in English.
For questions, please send an email to workshop@mediamatic.nl.

Read our ticket terms and conditions here.

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