Roberto Flore

Roberto Flore is Manager of the Food Lab at DTU SKYLAB. He has carved out an interesting niche for himself since 2014 Roberto has been working inside and outside of the university environment, he has worked side-by-side with scientists, entrepreneurs and thought leaders to further the application of food-related innovation in a real-world context and to encourage hands-on learning. Roberto is the former head of R&D of the Nordic Food Lab, open source laboratory founded by Rene Redzepi of restaurant NOMA. In 2017, Rolling Stone Magazine cited Roberto as one of 25 innovators who are changing the world. ICON Magazine has identified Roberto one of the top seven creative Italian talents to watch. Roberto Flore builds bridges between disciplines by using food as a vehicle to address grand global challenges and support non-food related fields with inspirational ideas for projects, business ideas and paradigm shifts. A constant openness towards learning from others and expanding his network has led Roberto to push the limits of food science technology and human connections. Member of the Executive Board of Berkeley Open Source Food Lab, Roberto has been invited as guest lector in institutions such as Harvard University, University of Gastronomic Sciences, Basque Culinary Centre, Örebro University, Paul Bocuse Institute, and Donghua University. Roberto is one of the protagonist of the film BUGS, co-author of Phaidon’s book On Eating Insects (awarded one of the 10 best cookbooks in 2017 from the Guardian), and co-editor of the book Edible Insects in a Sustainable Food System published by Springer Nature.