Makeat is an innovation, design and product development studio focused on the gastronomic ecosystem. Based in Barcelona, we work at the intersection of thinking, making and experiencing, designing projects that transform ideas into systems, tools and experiences with real impact.
We understand gastronomy as a complex, living system where creativity, innovation, science, strategy, operations, technology and emotion coexist. Our work moves between analysis and creation, combining consultancy and design as two complementary ways of approaching the same challenge: understanding reality in depth in order to transform it with purpose.
Through Consultancy, we analyse contexts, processes and behaviours to define clear frameworks for decision-making, innovation and growth, and activate this knowledge through workshops, talks and tailored learning formats, designed to share methodology, align teams and open new perspectives. Through Design, we translate those frameworks into tangible solutions (products, tools, devices and experiences) where form, function and narrative are inseparable.
We work with materials, technology, processes and people. We collaborate with brands, operators and professionals from food, drinks, science, design and business, acting as a bridge between innovation and real use. From this way of thinking and making, initiatives like Tools by Makeat naturally emerge, expanding the possibilities of gastronomic design through creative tooling.
At Makeat, every project is an opportunity to explore new languages, question conventions and design with intention. We think through every detail, every texture, shape, scent and flavour, because we believe that meaningful impact happens when ideas are not only imagined, but carefully built.
At the core of our work are the methodologies that guide how we think and how we build. Food Thinking allows us to approach gastronomy as a living system, connecting culture, context, technique, experience, science, innovation and creativity to develop projects with depth and meaning. FAC.U² structures the journey from analysis to creation, helping us turn understanding into action with clarity and coherence. Together, these methodologies are embedded in every project we develop at Makeat, across both consultancy and design, ensuring that ideas are not only creative, but also solid, intentional and executable.
Lasarte | Disfrutar | SIPS | Macallan | Aethos Mallorca | America’s Cup | Azurmendi | Bellus | Bombay Shapphire | Dewars | Salmón Gurú | Grosvenor House JW Marriot Hotel | Jumpers | Levi’s | Mo Barcelona | Rocambolesc | Moet & Chandon | NeoSpot | Popitas | Bacardi | Lluc Crusellas | Carles Codina (Four Seasons Madrid) | Welbilt | Paradiso | Grupo Esencia | Le Tribute | Miquel Guarro | Hofmann | Mamzel Marbella | Mr. Porter |
[ Food Design / Edible Branding / UX Design ]
For Four Seasons Madrid, in collaboration with Jimmy Choo, Makeat developed a custom dessert concept that translates one of the brand’s most iconic handbags into an individual pastry, transforming fashion into a sensorial, edible experience.
The project explores the intersection between haute couture and gastronomy, where form, detail and craftsmanship move from the world of accessories to the language of dessert. Rather than creating a decorative homage, the challenge was to reinterpret the handbag as a culinary object, preserving its recognisable silhouette, material cues and sense of luxury while adapting it to the logic of flavour, texture and consumption.
Designed to elevate the ritual of coffee and dessert, the piece functions as a moment of pause and indulgence within the Four Seasons experience. Each element of the dessert was carefully considered from structure and proportions to finishes and sensorial balance ensuring that the final result was not only visually striking, but also pleasurable to eat and coherent within a fine dining and luxury hospitality context.
From a food design perspective, the dessert becomes a vehicle for storytelling. A small-format object that brings fashion to the table, turning style into flavour and craftsmanship into indulgence. The piece invites guests to engage with luxury in a different way: intimate, playful and experiential, where desire is not only seen, but tasted.
Iconic Individual Dessert reflects Makeat’s approach to food design as a tool for creating meaningful connections between brands, spaces and users. A project where gastronomy becomes a medium to translate identity, elevate rituals and design moments of delight through form, function and experience.
We work with chefs, brands, and innovators around the world to turn imagination into matter — and we’re always looking for curious, restless minds to join us.
We value thinkers who build and makers who think. People who are comfortable with ambiguity, who see both code and cuisine as creative tools.
Carrer Ramon Turro, 5,
Barcelona, Spain 08005
+34 646 044 137