Apr 6 2017
Chowbotics, a food robotics company has built Sally the Salad Robot to create custom salads using up to 21 seasonal ingredients – reloaded daily – within a minute, any time of day. Sally is intuitive and user friendly. Users just have to place a bowl beneath the dispenser, click their preferences on a touchscreen interface and watch as Sally's canisters move about to drop each ingredient in, one by one. The Executive Chef is Charlie Ayers "the chef who fed Google." He planned out Sally's signature salads and supervises ingredient selection.
Having spent my career in Silicon Valley, the intersection of food and technology has always fascinated and inspired me. I am proud to collaborate with the Chowbotics team to bring robotics to food service. This is the future.
Charlie Ayers
Charlie appointed his apprentice, Kelly Olazar, to take care of the day-to-day activities as Chowbotics' Chef de Cuisine. Kelly formerly worked as an Executive Chef at Google's campus and as a Culinary Services Manager at Charlie's restaurant, Calafia Café. She has a background in nutrition and specializes in making food that energizes people and keeps them healthy.
Sally's canister system (patent-pending) sustains the integrity of the ingredients by keeping them sanitary and fresh. Precise calorie counts also enable users to create salads that match their nutritional requirements. Sally's small footprint is an added advantage – she is only 31.7" x 33.2". Sally allows for a number of different combinations of ingredients, or users can just select from the following:
- Sally's Salad: Crisp romaine served with ripe cherry tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, California walnuts, house-made black peppercorn ranch, and Parmesan cheese
- Chicken Bot Salad: Seared chicken breast served with crisp romaine, red onions, cherry tomatoes, house-made black peppercorn ranch, and Parmesan cheese
- Silicon Valley Salad: Seared chicken breast served with hearty kale, mixed bell peppers, cucumbers, Kalamata olives, crunchy wonton chips, and tangy honey mustard vinaigrette
- Power Chow Salad: Hearty kale served with carrots, sundried cranberries, California walnuts, cabbage, Parmesan cheese, and tangy honey mustard vinaigrette
- California Love Salad: Hearty kale served with ripe cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, mixed bell peppers, croutons, and Kalamata olives
One of the first locations Sally was tried out is Galvanize, a tech-centric shared workspace.
At Galvanize, we are committed to investing in technology and education that is accessible to anyone with the determination and drive, ability and aptitude to learn the skills they need to not only transform their lives but also their communities. That is why we invested in Chowbotics through our venture arm and are thrilled to be one of the first to deploy Sally at our San Francisco campus. This innovative technology is creating additional options for people to access nutrition and enhance productivity while they learn, work and grow.
Jim Deters, CEO.
Presently, Sally is available for pre-orders. Target locations include restaurants, cafeterias, hotels and other commercial venues.