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Creativity in Haute Cuisine: Strategic Knowledge and Practice in Gourmet Kitchens

Creativity in Haute Cuisine: Strategic Knowledge and Practice in Gourmet Kitchens Creativity is considered essential because it is the seed for innovation and thus is viewed as key to building a competitive advantage, particularly in the restaurant industry. However, little research has detailed how creativity, as a specific activity, occurs. We investigate creativity in high-end restaurants with a practice-based perspective, which emphasizes the social, situated, relational, material, and perceptual dimensions of creativity. We build on an empirical in-depth study of three French Michelin-starred restaurants to examine the minutiae of creative practices. We show that creativity is organized in space and time and distinguish three types of creative work in gourmet restaurants. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal Of Culinary Science & Technology Taylor & Francis

Creativity in Haute Cuisine: Strategic Knowledge and Practice in Gourmet Kitchens

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
ISSN
1542-8044
eISSN
1542-8052
DOI
10.1080/15428052.2012.728979
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Abstract

Creativity is considered essential because it is the seed for innovation and thus is viewed as key to building a competitive advantage, particularly in the restaurant industry. However, little research has detailed how creativity, as a specific activity, occurs. We investigate creativity in high-end restaurants with a practice-based perspective, which emphasizes the social, situated, relational, material, and perceptual dimensions of creativity. We build on an empirical in-depth study of three French Michelin-starred restaurants to examine the minutiae of creative practices. We show that creativity is organized in space and time and distinguish three types of creative work in gourmet restaurants.

Journal

Journal Of Culinary Science & TechnologyTaylor & Francis

Published: Mar 1, 2013

Keywords: Creativity; practice; restaurant; haute cuisine; Michelin

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