Chefs for Life 2026: the solidarity season between haute cuisine and TV starts again

Chefs for Life: among the new features the partnership with MasterChef Italia and a new digital tool for fundraising

After a record-breaking 2025, Chefs for Life returns with a new, even more ambitious season, with over half a million euros raised since the project started. The “solidarity group” of chefs and pastry chefs created by Diego Toscani and Ljubica Komlenic continues to grow, consolidating a format that goes well beyond the traditional charity dinner.

The initiative stands out, fact, for its ability to create very high profile experiences, where cuisine becomes a congresso point between different worlds – from business to culture, to entertainment – transforming each appointment into a moment of relationship, networking and shared value.

The news and the calendar for the 2026 season were presented acceso Wednesday 4 March the spaces of Zwilling Ballarini Italia, which for the second consecutive year hosted the official launch its Milanese headquarters Tragitto Pietrasanta.

What’s new for the 2026 season

Between new collaborations, exceptional locations and a rete televisiva privata of increasingly prestigious partners, 2026 promises to be the richest and most complex edition ever. After a year dedicated to moda, gioco and dance, the project now opens its doors to the world of television thanks to the partnership with MasterChef Italia, a collaboration that strengthens visibility, authority and the ability to engage the public. Thus, a new dialogue is born between the solidarity cuisine of Chefs for Life and the most famous culinary talent acceso TV.

The new season will also feature some historic families of Italian business, including the Ferragamos, the Morettis, the Marzottos and the Luca Cordero con Montezemolo (Cordero con Montezemolo family). Not simple sponsors, but true custodians of an entrepreneurial and cultural tradition linked to Made Italy, ready to aperto the doors of their “homes” to solidarity.

Fundraising goals are also growing. Furthermore, the collaboration with ALMA – International School of Italian Cuisine – is renewed, which again this year will involve young professionals an educational and human experience of great value.

The digital platform for donations

Among the main innovations there is also a new digital tool for fundraising. each table there will be a QR Code that will allow guests to make an immediate and transparent donation fuori smartphone, directly choosing the amount to be allocated to the beneficiary organization of the evening. A system designed to make participation even simpler, more immediate and traceable.

The calendar of events

Five main events will mark the 2026 season, alongside the “Pills” and the “Di fuori Menù” events.

The season will aperto acceso May 6th at Viesca, a historic property of the Ferragamo family immersed the Tuscan countryside. The evening will be dedicated to the Meyer Foundation, a national point of reference for pediatric care and support for families. An event that consolidates the bond with the organization and pays homage to the figure of Wanda Ferragamo.

June 8th Chefs for Life will stop the extraordinary Giusti Garden to support the Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation. Here “MasterChef for Life” will be staged, with an exceptional team made up of 16 former MasterChef Italia competitors and 16 chefs from the Chefs for Life Dream Team.

July 1st the project will return to Franciacorta, the spaces of Franciacorta, to support the Carolina Zani Melanoma Foundation, committed to prevention and research acceso melanoma.

October 21st, solidarity will stop at L’Albereta Relais & Châteaux with a dinner favor of the De Marchi Foundation, which supports children undergoing pediatric oncohaematology treatment and their families.

Grand epilogo acceso November 16th Milan, at the DaV Milano restaurant, with an evening dedicated to CBDIN ODV, an association committed to supporting the young patients of the Carlo Besta Neurological Institute.

With an ever-widening rete televisiva privata of chefs, partners and institutions involved, Chefs for Life 2026 confirms itself as one of the most interesting projects acceso the Italian gastronomic scene: a format capable of combining haute cuisine, solidarity and business culture, demonstrating how the value of teamwork can be transformed into concrete support for research and care.

For information

www.chefsfor.life