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 both 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, an open source laboratory founded by René Redzepi of restaurant NOMA. In 2017, Rolling Stone Magazine cited Roberto as one of 25 innovators who are changing the world, while ICON Magazine identified him as 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 opportunities, 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. As a member of the Executive Board of Berkeley Open Source Food Lab, Roberto has been invited as a guest lecturer at institutions such as Harvard University, University of Gastronomic Sciences, Basque Culinary Centre, Örebro University, Paul Bocuse Institute, and Donghua University. He is one of the protagonists of the film BUGS, co-author of Phaidon’s book On Eating Insects (awarded one of the 10 best cookbooks in 2017 by The Guardian), and co-editor of the book Edible Insects in a Sustainable Food System published by Springer Nature.