Table ronde "Elles en cuisine"

The world of gastronomy is an essentially male world, from which women have long been excluded outright... and parity is still far away!

In late 2025, Papilles magazine devoted a special issue to women in the kitchen and their representation in books, on television, in cinema, in bourgeois households and elsewhere, highlighting their often-overlooked contribution to culinary history.

What place for women in restaurant kitchens today? And in schools?

These issues will be at the heart of this exceptional meeting with chef Alessandra Montagne-Gomes and the historians Katherine Khodorowsky and Julia Csergo.

Alessandra Montagne-Gomes: Brazilian chef, naturopath, author of the book De Rio à Paris, ma cuisine de cœur, published in 2023, prize « La Mazille » at the Festival du Livre gourmand de Périgueux the same year.

Katherine Khodorowsky: historian and sociologist of food, vice-president of the association of gourmet libraries

Julia Csergo: historian, who co-directed the issue "Elles en cuisine" of Papilles published in December 2025.

The roundtable will be followed by a moment of exchange between the speakers and the public. A friendly and gourmet moment will close the event.

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The Association des Bibliothèques gourmands has been working for 30 years for the knowledge of culinary culture and heritage: Organization of conferences and readings, gastronomic meetings, gourmet dictations, historical dinners, the association also publishes the biannual review Papilles, which approaches culinary art in a multidisciplinary way.

Bibliothèque Buffon, 5th floor auditorium.

Tuesday 8 December at 19h.

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