In this edition of Curadoria do Gosto, Chef Luís Sousa and his team place courgette at the heart of their culinary exploration, celebrating its delicate freshness, natural versatility, and understated elegance.Closely connected to the rhythms of the season and the abundance of the
Mediterranean garden, courgette reveals a remarkable ability to adapt, offering a wide range of textures, flavours, and levels of intensity.

Each creation begins with a careful appreciation of the ingredient at its seasonal peak. Its gentle vegetal character, balanced freshness, and natural affinity with a variety of flavours make courgette a discreet yet essential presence, bringing lightness, depth, and harmony to every composition. This curation is an invitation to rediscover an ingredient often appreciated for its simplicity, yet whose true complexity emerges through technique, sensitivity, and creativity. Through a dialogue of contrasts and subtle nuances, Chef Luís Sousa explores new perspectives, placing courgette at the centre of a contemporary dining experience deeply rooted in seasonality.