diff --git a/Controllers/RecipeController.php b/Controllers/RecipeController.php
index 8382cb7..a453f75 100644
--- a/Controllers/RecipeController.php
+++ b/Controllers/RecipeController.php
@@ -55,4 +55,30 @@ final class RecipeController
 
     }
 
+    public function searchAction(Array $A_urlParams = null, Array $A_postParams = null, Array $A_getParams = null)
+    {
+        if (isset($A_getParams["query"])) {
+            self::searchQueryView($A_urlParams, $A_postParams, $A_getParams);
+        } else {
+            self::searchView($A_urlParams, $A_postParams, $A_getParams);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function searchView(Array $A_urlParams = null, Array $A_postParams = null, Array $A_getParams = null)
+    {
+        View::show("recipe/search", array("QUERY" => null));
+    }
+    
+    private function searchQueryView(Array $A_urlParams = null, Array $A_postParams = null, Array $A_getParams = null)
+    {
+
+        $O_recipeModel = new RecipeModel();
+        $A_results = $O_recipeModel->searchRecipesByName($A_getParams["query"]);
+        
+        View::show("recipe/search", array(
+            "QUERY" => $A_getParams["query"],
+            "RESULTS" => $A_results,
+        ));
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/Models/RecipeModel.php b/Models/RecipeModel.php
index a6bd09d..978fa70 100644
--- a/Models/RecipeModel.php
+++ b/Models/RecipeModel.php
@@ -33,4 +33,39 @@ final class RecipeModel
 
         return $A_recipe;
     }
+
+    public function searchRecipesByName($S_query)
+    {
+
+        $O_model = Model::get();
+        $stmt = $O_model->prepare("
+        -- split search term at space
+        with recursive CTE as (
+            select
+                CAST(null as char(255)) as NAME,
+                CONCAT(:query, ' ') as NAMES
+
+            union all
+            select substring_index(NAMES, ' ', 1),
+                    substr(NAMES, instr(NAMES, ' ')+1)
+            from CTE
+            where NAMES != ''
+        )
+
+        -- get a row per occurrence and sort by occurrences number
+        select RECIPE.ID, RECIPE.NAME
+        from CTE
+                JOIN RECIPE
+        WHERE CTE.NAME is not null
+        AND INSTR(RECIPE.NAME, CTE.NAME) > 0
+        GROUP BY RECIPE.ID
+        ORDER BY count(RECIPE.ID) DESC
+        LIMIT 10;
+        ");
+
+        $stmt->bindParam("query", $S_query);
+        $stmt->execute();
+
+        return $stmt->fetchAll();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Views/recipe/search.php b/Views/recipe/search.php
index d9d3888..818bf28 100644
--- a/Views/recipe/search.php
+++ b/Views/recipe/search.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
     # Check presence of the search term query parameter, to avoid getting a warning as the input placeholder value
-    $has_search_term = $A_view["search_term"] === null;
+    $has_query = $A_view["QUERY"] !== null;
 ?>
 
 <?php View::show("common/category_list") ?>
@@ -8,19 +8,21 @@
 <main>
     <!-- Inclure les catégories -->
     <form method="GET" action="/recipe/search">
-        <label for="search_term">Saisissez les termes à rechercher</label>
-        <input id="search_term" type="text" name="search_term" placeholder="<?= $has_search_term ? $A_view["search_term"] : "Votre recherche" ?>">
+        <label for="query">Saisissez les termes à rechercher</label>
+        <input id="query" type="text" name="query" placeholder="<?= $has_query ? $A_view["QUERY"] : "Votre recherche" ?>">
         <input type="submit" value="Rechercher">
     </form>
     <section>
         <?php
-            $search_results = $A_view["results"];
-            if (empty($search_results)) {
-                echo '<h2 class="no_results">Aucun résultat</h2>';
-                echo '<p class="no_results_description">Assurez-vous d\'avoir rentré correctement vos termes de recherche ou essayez des mots clefs différents.</p>';
-            } else {
-                foreach ($search_results as $key => $value) {
-                    View::show("common/recipe", $value);
+            if ($has_query) {
+                $search_results = $A_view["RESULTS"];
+                if (empty($search_results)) {
+                    echo '<h2 class="no_results">Aucun résultat</h2>';
+                    echo '<p class="no_results_description">Assurez-vous d\'avoir rentré correctement vos termes de recherche ou essayez des mots clefs différents.</p>';
+                } else {
+                    foreach ($search_results as $key => $value) {
+                        View::show("common/recipe", $value);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         ?>