Table ronde "Elles en cuisine"

The Bibliothèque Buffon, in partnership with the association des Bibliothèques Gourmandes, invites you to an exceptional encounter with chef Alessandra Montagne-Gomes.

The world of gastronomy is essentially a male world, from which women were for a long time outright excluded… and parity is still a long way off!

The journal Papilles devoted a special issue at the end of 2025 to the question of women in the kitchen, but also to their representation in books, on television, in the cinema, in bourgeois households and elsewhere, in order to shed light on their contribution to the history of cooking, a contribution that is often overlooked.

What place do women have in restaurant kitchens today? And in cookery schools?

These questions will be at the heart of this exceptional encounter 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, winner of the "La Mazille" prize at the Festival du Livre gourmand in Périgueux the same year.

Katherine Khodorowsky: historian and sociologist of food, vice-president of the association des Bibliothèques gourmandes

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

The round table will be followed by a moment of discussion between the speakers and the audience. A convivial and gourmand moment will close the event.

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The association des Bibliothèques gourmandes has for 30 years worked to promote knowledge of culinary culture and heritage: organising lectures and readings, gastronomic gatherings, dictées gourmandes and historical dinners. The association also publishes the biannual journal Papilles, which explores the culinary arts from a multidisciplinary perspective.

Bibliothèque Buffon, 5th-floor auditorium.

Tuesday 8 December, 7pm.

Registration recommended on Billeweb