Marie-Pierre MEMBRIVES is the founder ofTastebuds Consulting.

She specializes in foodservice innovation,supporting international foodservice players and their suppliers to be relevantto customer’s expectations regarding a better food experience : better forpeople, better for the planet.

She is an active member of the Frenchfoodtech system, leveraging her food & marketing experience, as well as hernetwork, to support and mentor a variety of startups engaged into shaping thefuture of food.

She is one of the partners of Accelerise,the leading acceleration program for foodtech startups in France. Accelerisewas created by Vitagora, one of the most important European food clusters,connected to many food clusters around the globe.

She brings 15 years of experience in foodnew product development, after leading McDonald’s R&D in Europe where sheled the development of some of the most successful international products ofthe brand.

Marie-Pierre is a foodscience engineer(MsC) graduated from Agrosup Dijon (France). She additionnally has a broadmarketing, operational and supply chain background.