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Spanish company BR5 has developed a robot that can cook one of
the national cuisine's most world-renowned dishes. The product
has already provoked the interest of some hotel chains and
resorts outside Spain.
"Of course a home-made rice dish on a Sunday will always taste
different... We are not aiming at reaching that, our goal is to
travel around the world and be able to eat the same rice that we
eat in our country, in a different country," founder of BR5,
Enrique Lillo, told Reuters.
Some amusement parks and resorts in Japan already have their own
paella robot, Lillo added.
But it can also please the locals.
"In my opinion it's a wonderful tool, and 'Ole!' for the
developers because I loved it," said Maria Munoz, paella chef
and director of "Cocinea" gastronomy school after trying the
robot-made paella.
The robot consists of an electronically controlled stove and a
mechanical arm which puts the sauteed ingredients over the
paella pan, adds the rice and then stirs it with a slotted spoon
before pouring in the fish stock.
All ingredients have to be prepared in advance and are already
measured for one paella. Once all the ingredients are in the
pan, the robot stirs and shakes it constantly until it is done.
Munoz said it would be very useful for restaurants because it
helps making more paellas at a time.
"If you only have one paella cook you can only make 20 at most
because it's crazy, specially finding the sweet spot for the
paella," she added.
(Reporting by Silvio Castellanos and Susana Vera; Writing by
Emma Pinedo and Cristina Galan; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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