Bonjour! Comment allez-vous? Got your coffee mug at the ready, I see. The coffeepot is three paces to the left and the tray of delectable virtual treats is right next to it. Help yourself then c'mon over to the VIP table so I can tell you about something designed, ostensibly, to lighten your cooking chores.
ChefCuisine is a new kitchen gadget that’s all set to revolutionise (read: eliminate) home cooking. Thanks to this offering from Swiss startup Nutresia, pretty much anyone can produce restaurant quality food at the touch of a button!
The machine, inspired by Nestle’s coffee capsule Nespresso machines, is capable of preparing fancy dishes from vacuum packed capsules or sachets. Each sachet contains a microchip that tells ChefCusine the exact cooking time and temperature.
The company is working with three Michelin-star French chef Anne-Sophie Pic to develop recipes for the line of 30 mouthwatering ready-meals consisting of appetizers (5 to 6 euros) and mains (8 to 16 euros). Some of her dishes include foie gras with lemon confit (12 euros), pigeon seared with voatsiperifery pepper and root vegetable dices with well-seasoned cinnamon sauce (16 euros), and beef fillet with soya honey, mungo beans, and ginger and crunchy vegetables (16 euros). These meals obviously aren’t cheap, but they’re a lot less expensive than eating them at a real restaurant.
Users are required to purchase the food capsules online, filled with food pre-cooked according to Pic’s recipes. They are delivered within 24 hours, and need to be reheated using ChefCuisine. Simply insert the capsule into the 199 euro ($215) machine, fill it up with water, and push the button. A plating kit that comes with the machine ensure that you’ll have a great looking gourmet meal to enjoy with close to zero effort involved.
Although the concept of ChefCuisine has been criticized by other French chefs, Pic believes that “gastronomy must adapt to our constantly changing way of life.”
Well that might be good for a large la-dee-da urban market but in smaller communities, they'd better be ready to produce more down to earth reality-based menus... poutine a la king, mac and four cheese sauce, burger bernaise, etc. Would you buy a chef cuisine or do you think it would quickly go the route of an earlier intended time-saver...the breadmaker? Send me your comments, okay!
Another thought...maybe Uber can get in on the delivery side...
See ya, eh!
Bob
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