A gripping device for at least one deformable food product, comprising: - at least one perforated plate defining at least one receiving surface for the deformable food product, the receiving surface being convex and - for the or each receiving surface, a pair of needles (182, 184) associated with said receiving surface, each needle (182, 184) of said pair being able to be moved between a retracted position, in which the needle (182, 184) does not pass through the receiving surface, and a deployed position, in which the needle (182, 184) passes through the receiving surface, the or each perforated plate having, for the or each receiving surface defined by said perforated plate, at least two through orifices each emerging in said receiving surface, each needle (182, 184) of the pair associated with this receiving surface extending, when it is in the deployed position, through a respective through orifice among said through orifices; the gripping device comprises a blowing system able to blow gas through the or each receiving surface, the blowing system preferably being able to blow air through said through orifices, the blowing system comprising, for each receiving surface, at least one blowing nozzle emerging near through orifices emerging in said receiving surface, each blowing nozzle preferably having a diameter smaller than 5 mm, the or each reception surface is elongated along a main direction, and the blowing nozzles comprise at least two blowing nozzles framing, along a direction orthogonal to the main direction, the through orifices emerging in said reception direction. - at least one perforated plate defining at least one receiving surface for the deformable food product, the receiving surface being convex and - for the or each receiving surface, a pair of needles (182, 184) associated with said receiving surface, each needle (182, 184) of said pair being able to be moved between a retracted position, in which the needle (182, 184) does not pass through the receiving surface, and a deployed position, in which the needle (182, 184) passes through the receiving surface, the or each perforated plate having, for the or each receiving surface defined by said perforated plate, at least two through orifices each emerging in said receiving surface, each needle (182, 184) of the pair associated with this receiving surface extending, when it is in the deployed position, through a respective through orifice among said through orifices; the gripping device comprises a blowing system able to blow gas through the or each receiving surface, the blowing system preferably being able to blow air through said through orifices, the blowing system comprising, for each receiving surface, at least one blowing nozzle emerging near through orifices emerging in said receiving surface, each blowing nozzle preferably having a diameter smaller than 5 mm, the or each reception surface is elongated along a main direction, and the blowing nozzles comprise at least two blowing nozzles framing, along a direction orthogonal to the main direction, the through orifices emerging in said reception direction. the gripping device comprises a blowing system able to blow gas through the or each receiving surface, the blowing system preferably being able to blow air through said through orifices, the blowing system comprising, for each receiving surface, at least one blowing nozzle emerging near through orifices emerging in said receiving surface, each blowing nozzle preferably having a diameter smaller than 5 mm, the or each reception surface is elongated along a main direction, and the blowing nozzles comprise at least two blowing nozzles framing, along a direction orthogonal to the main direction, the through orifices emerging in said reception direction.