Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Meal Science

Agnès Giboreau

Agnès Giboreau

Agnès Giboreau is the head manager of the Research of the Institut Paul Bocuse. Agnès Giboreau has a PhD in Food science and a MSc in Cognitive psychology. Her research activity aims at better understanding the pleasure of eating and its relation to health from both perceptual and behavioural perspectives. Her projects focus on meal experience in a multidisciplinary approach and rely on studies conducted in real situations. On one hand, the research is conducted in the unique facilities of the Experimental restaurant, a Living Lab (labelled Enoll) where professional experts work together with scientists, contributing to food design and production as well as table design and service. On the other hand, research actions are conducted in institutions, nursing homes, school restraunts, hospital in order to demonstrate how meal pleasure can contribute to health perspectives in various subjects.