Chef works with a variety of different industries.

Learn more about what Chef’s AI-enabled robots are helping food companies do around North America.

Frozen Prepared Meals

Chef provides a simple solution that helps high-mix frozen food companies automate production.

Chef provides a solution that:

Plates at throughputs similar to a human.
Operates every shift (including 2 or 3 shifts).
Increases yield and reduces food giveaway.
Is the same footprint as a human and doesn’t require any retrofitting.
Handles delicate food without damage
Highly precise deposits into tray compartments
Amy’s Kitchen

Amy’s Kitchen leveraged Chef Robotics to improve product consistency of runs by Chef by 12%, lower food giveaway by 4%, and increase labor productivity by 17.

Read Their Story
Fresh Prepared Meals

Chef can help you overcome the labor shortage and increase yield. Chef works for deli items sold in retail like:

Salads
Burritos
Wraps
Fruit Bowls
Yogurt Parfaits
Party Trays
Certain Burgers and Sandwiches

Contract Manufacturing

Chef works with many contract manufacturing companies for both ready-to-eat and ready-to-heat meals.

The Chef AI-enabled system can deal with

Quickly onboarding new customers.
Working with any customer tray needed.
Changing SKUs frequently.
Maintaining high yield and consistency.
Chef Bombay

Reduced deposit standard deviation by 30%, reduced food giveaway by 88%, increased labor productivity by 33%, and increased throughput by 9%.

Read Their Story

Direct to
Consumer Meals

Chef works with a variety of Direct-to-Consumer Meal companies all over the US.

The Chef AI-enabled system can deal with

Extremely high mix runs.
Menu changes every week.
Changeovers 8+ times per day.

SUNBASKET

Within 3 weeks of signing the initial contract, Chef  started production and has since helped Sunbasket free up 10% of the staff it takes to do a run to other tasks and increased consistency by 25%.

Read Their Story
Meat Packing

The Chef System can help pack various kinds of meats including:

Diced meats
Shredded meats
Pulled meats
Chilis
Ground meats
Additionally, Chef can do piece-picking for items like:
Buns and English Muffins
Chicken Breast
Meat patties
And Chef can help deposit scooped ingredients without damaging them, like:
Scrambled eggs
Shredded cheeses
Patient Trays

Chef can help asssemble patient trays for your hospital System.

Chef works with ingredients including:

Various Rices (IQF + Cooked)
Various Vegetables and Mixes (IQF + Fresh + Cooked)
Various Meats (Diced and Piece Picked)
Sauces
Mashes
Cheeses
Garnishes
Airline Catering

Chef can help airline catering companies with

Running production 24/7

Short run sizes and quick changeovers

Placing into particular compartments of a tray

Placing in an aesthetically pleasing manner

Food Service

Chef can help food service companies automate production in commissary or distribution center operations.

Chef can help with:

Dealing with the variability intrinsic to ingredients prepped by hand.
Ensuring production is reliable and done by a particular time.
Ensuring customer trays are consistent and don’t have missing ingredients.
Deal with seasonal menu changes and quickly onboarding new ingredients.
Baby and Toddler Meals

Chef can flexibly assemble baby foods.

Chef can:

Place small portion sizes
Not damage the ingredients
Place into small compartments.
Military

Chef can flexibly automate MRE meals for the military. If you’re an allied force, please reach out.

Ghost Kitchens

Chef is beginning work with ghost kitchen partners. If you’re interested, please reach out.

Latest Content

We would love to collaborate with you

Your ingredients
Your portions
Your trays
Your compartments
Your conveyors
Read more about
Chef AI-enabled System