There were meat cleavers, knives, wooden choppingblocks, a commercial sausage making machine, a commercial meat mincing machine and weighing scales in the room as well, it said.
The ground floor holds a theatre, lecture hall and kitchens where the arts of Italian cooking are taught to aspiring professional chefs, well-to-do food-lovers from around the world, and teams of managers encouraged to bond over choppingblocks and mixing bowls.