Marion Gibson

Director of Culinary Development, Aramark; Philadelphia, PA

Marion Gibson is Director of Culinary Innovation for Aramark. Before joining Aramark, Marion was at the helm of several fine dining restaurants around the country including Dallas, San Francisco, Chicago and Philadelphia. An avid reader and researcher of food and culture, Marion loves learning how food knits us all together. She spends her free time volunteering in underserved communities teaching families how to stretch their food dollars on nutritious meals while learning more about cultures and cuisines. That passion for people continues at work as she focuses on sharing the stories, passions and talents of the culinary community through the Chef Spotlight series and influencing Aramark’s Be Well Do Well, planet and people commitments via menu innovation. Marion was raised in northeast Texas farm-country which gave her strong ties and interest in sustainable crops and farming practices. Her years in California afforded her a unique opportunity to meet and know organic farmers, artisan cheese makers, brewers, vintners, local ranchers, bakers and chocolatiers. Her personal philosophy is to serve seasonal foods using local products as simply as possible. If she had a motto it would be “Delicious food…that’s what love looks like!” (Philadelphia, PA)