Food for thought: Kitchen Life 2 - Helen Heard & Darren Bhattachary

Have you ever wondered whether people truly wash their hands when they should, actually put the tea towel in the wash when it’s dirty or really throw away food past it’s use-by date?
In this session, we’ll explore findings from Kitchen Life 2 (www.food.gov.uk/research/beha... FSA’s innovative and award-winning behavioural research project that uses motion sensitive cameras to observe real-life behaviour (cleaning, cooking and food preparation) in business and household kitchens. In this session you’ll discover how this research was conducted, some of the high-risk practices we observed in kitchens and discuss what is driving these behaviours.
This is a must-watch for anyone with an interest in food safety, social research, or human behaviour.
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The Speakers
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Helen Heard is a Senior Social Science Research Officer at the Food Standards Agency. She joined the FSA’s Social Science team in February 2020 and has delivered a variety of research projects, ranging from quick turnaround surveys to policy-specific, high profile multi-method projects. Recently, Helen has led on the FSA’s Consumer Insights tracker survey as well as the Kitchen Life 2 project. Before joining the FSA, Helen worked as an analyst in the Department of Health and Social Care and has an academic background in Sociology and Social Psychology.
Darren Bhattachary is the co-founder and CEO of Basis Social and has led the Kitchen Life 2 project. He has previously been the UK CEO of Kantar Insights Division and Executive Director of Kantar Public. He set up Basis Social in 2021 to help bring fresh ideas to social research. He has a wealth of experience of working on behavioural insights, behaviour change and has worked extensively on food systems. In various roles, he has worked with the FSA since 2006.