Are AI chefs the way of the future? This restaurant thinks so
Woohoo in Dubai is betting on artificial intelligence technology to change the city’s culinary scene, with plans to license the software worldwide.
An AI-generated image of “Chef Aiman” from Woohoo in Dubai. He does not actually cook, but creates the restaurant’s menus using a large language model.
On a slow afternoon a few years ago, Dubai restaurateur Ahmet Oytun Cakir was in his office considering menu inspiration. Then the hospitality veteran, whose empire includes the popular hangouts BohoX and rove, had a brainstorm: he’d turn to ChatGPT.
Seconds later, the newly released chatbot delivered a recipe for spiced lamb. Cakir decided to try it. “It was amazing. Amazing,” he recalls. “Immediately we shot the photo, we put it on the menu. It became a bestseller.”
