“How do you eat?” was a celebration of food, that took place on the MIT Stata Center. We brought together chefs, psychologists, writers, designers and engineers for a surprising look at science, art and the future of food.
We had an audience of nearly 300 in the auditorium and more than 20,000 tuning in live on the webcast!
The event was inspired in part by Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize wish “to create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity.”
“How do you eat?” is a question we interpreted broadly. We reached out to an eclectic pool of speakers including Boston-area chefs, restaurateurs, biologists, psychologists, engineers, designers, artists, writers, and food historians.
Our exciting lineup of speakers included a filmmaker passionate about reforming school lunch, a food activist who believes knowledge is power, a logistics expert who will show us why green is not always local, a recipe developer who believes food science will set us free, a pastry chef with a passion for chocolate, an entomophagist who hopes to convince us bugs can do a body good, a neuroscientist who will reveal the origins of taste, and a behaviorial economist who will show us why when it comes to food, we are predictably irrational. Not to mention an exploration of our noses with the emperor of scent.
The event was made possible by the generous support of our sponsors, including Drink, Chive Events, VerTerra, Pretty Things, and Savenor’s.
“How do you eat?” was hosted at the Ray and Maria Stata Center, MIT, on Sunday, May 16th. Speaking sessions were held in Kirsch Auditorium. With a capacity of over 300, Kirsch Auditorium boasts state of the art projection, lighting, and recording capabilities.
