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Chef Builds an Entire Menu from Fictional Chefs Invented with AI
Chef Grant Achatz asked ChatGPT for dishes for imaginary chefs and will serve the menu in Chicago.
- Profession
- Chef, Restaurant Owner
- Tools
- ChatGPT
- Source
- www1.folha.uol.com.br ↗
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Report date
- June 8, 2025
- Verified on
- October 24, 2026
What they did
He invented the biographies of nine chefs and asked the AI for dishes that reflected their stories, then refined the recipes in the kitchen.
How it went
The menu will run for four months in nine courses. Other chefs use AI for seasoning ideas, dish images and quick lessons on fermentation. The account gives no numbers.
Good to know
AI can't taste food: every recipe needs to be tested.
The prompt
Invent the profile of a fictional chef from [region of Brazil] with influences from [cuisines]. Propose 3 dishes that tell this story, with ingredients and technique, so I can test them in my kitchen.
Replace what is in [brackets]. Prompt written by us from the account, not a literal copy of the source. Do not paste other people’s personal data (privacy laws such as LGPD and GDPR apply).
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