ServiceMeal assembly robot arms

Chef robots

Name: Chef robots
Brand: Chef Robotics

Chef Robotics makes robot arms that put food portions into meal trays on production lines at big food makers. It focuses on putting meals together, not cooking. TechCrunch, 26 Jan 2024

Stage 4 of 5

Paying customers

Which rule placed it

Evidence: Independently reported
Human help: Not disclosed
Last milestone: 17 April 2026

01Can I get it?

Yes, in places

Where it works today: Working at food makers such as Amy's Kitchen and Chef Bombay; the company says its robots are at more than a dozen sites in the US, Canada and Europe. Chef Robotics website, Oct 2026
Published price: No published price in our sources.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.

02Track record

What has actually happened

Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.

17 April 2026
Paying customers · sets the stage
Chef said its robots had passed 100 million servings, counting each portion a robot puts into a meal tray. It added an airline catering company and works with a big school lunch provider.
TechCrunch, 17 Apr 2026Company-reported
10 April 2025
Funding
Chef raised a $20.6 million Series A led by Avataar, bringing its total raised to $38.8 million. It said dozens of its robots in the US had made 45 million meals.
TechCrunch, 10 Apr 2025Company-reported
10 April 2025
Paying customers · sets the stage
Chef's customers include food makers Amy's Kitchen and Chef Bombay.
TechCrunch, 10 Apr 2025
26 Jan 2024
Funding
San Francisco-based Chef Robotics closed a $14.75 million round. It said it had robots at food companies in five cities in the US and Canada, rented out as a service.
TechCrunch, 26 Jan 2024Company-reported
13 May 2021
Funding
San Francisco-based Chef Robotics raised $7.7 million from investors including Kleiner Perkins and Bloomberg Beta to help automate kitchens.
TechCrunch, 13 May 2021Company-reported

03Safety and incidents

What has gone wrong

No crashes, recalls or regulator reports in our sources. That is not proof none happened; we add them when a regulator or trusted outlet reports one.

How we placed it

The rule, not an opinion

Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.

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Regulator-cleared or mass market
A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.
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Paying customersThis robot
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
Placed by: Chef said its robots had passed 100 million servings, counting each portion a robot puts into a meal tray. It added an airline catering company and works with a big school lunch provider (17 April 2026); Chef's customers include food makers Amy's Kitchen and Chef Bombay (10 April 2025).
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Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
1
Demo only
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. Number of robots in service not stated; the company's own site says more than a dozen customer sites.

Sources

Cite this page

Robotics Verdict. “Chef robots (Chef Robotics): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/chef-robotics. Checked 19 October 2026.