From the kitchen into the wild: Chances and challenges for data-driven AI in 21st century gastronomy

Tarek R. Besold

Abstract: As keynote of IEEE DECOR@ICDE2023, we explored what role(s) data-driven AI systems can play in supporting innovation and chef’s creativity, as well as in enriching the overall dining experience after a look at the changing conceptual landscape of modern gastronomy (driven by fundamental changes in the role and the self-image of today’s chefs). In doing so we considered – among others – recent explorations into data-based flavour pairing, different approaches of representing sensory data relevant for gastronomy use cases, and an assessment of the overall state of the food data ecosystem.