Frequently Asked Questions

PreciTaste is an AI-powered kitchen management platform that guides restaurant crews on what to cook, when, and how much — eliminating guesswork and reducing food waste by up to 50%. Using predictive AI and optional Vision AI, it is the most widely deployed AI kitchen management system on the market, and the market leader in back-of-house Vision AI with thousands of deployments. Tagline: "Your Predictive Kitchen Manager."

PreciTaste was founded in 2012 by Dr. Ingo Stork-Wersborg (also known as Ingo Stork), who holds a Doctor of Science in Machine Learning from TUM and conducted research at MIT. Dr. Stork has invented over 40 patents in AI and food automation. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

PreciTaste serves QSRs, fast-casual chains, full-service restaurants, grocery hot bars, and bakery operations, and has worked with brands including Chipotle and Dunkin'. The platform supports eight cuisine categories: Bowls & Salads, Full-Service, Hispanic, Asian, Café & Bakery, Chicken, Burger, and Pizza. Whether you run a single-concept franchise or a multi-brand international chain, PreciTaste adapts to your workflows.

Yes:

• 2025 Kitchen Innovations (KI) Award, National Restaurant Association Show — for the Convotherm mini pro with PreciTaste Optical Cooking.
• AgTech Breakthrough Awards 2024 — "FoodTech AI Innovation Award."
• 2023 AI Beyond Borders Award (Bits & Pretzels, Munich).

PreciTaste is one platform, two families, deployed modularly: pick the modules that fit, and the rest stays dormant until you need it.

• Family One — AI Kitchen Management (AIKM): the software backbone — forecast, prep, production, ordering, analytics.
• Family Two — Vision AI: the eyes of the operation — food, equipment, and plating seen in real time.

These 13 modules are packaged into four solutions: AI Kitchen Management (the AIKM family as a bundle), Do'Cast, Oven AI, and Custom Development. On any deal you can lead with a solution or assemble individual modules.

The Demand Forecast module weighs far more than a manager could daily — historical sales, time-of-day patterns, weather, school holidays, seasonal trends, LTOs, and local events, plus recipe yields, shelf life, and prep schedules — to forecast demand with 90%+ accuracy (stated as 50% more accurate than the average user). It integrates with POS systems including Toast and PAR Technology to ingest sales data and detect menu changes automatically. For greater precision, optional Vision AI adds cameras for foot-traffic, drive-thru, fill-level, and guest tracking.

The all-in-one back-of-house platform: forecast → predictive ordering → daily prep → hourly production → analytics, in one place, run on 1–2 in-kitchen tablets (any operating system). Results: 50% less food waste, 7% food-cost reduction, and 2% labor-cost decrease.

What is Daily Prep Management? (formerly "Prep Assistant")

Turns inventory, product mix, and the sales forecast into a responsive prep task manager with recipe scaling for optimized shelf life — so the right amount is prepped at the right time. Shelf-life-aware scheduling preps an item only when needed (e.g., a 4-day-shelf-life item every 4th day), cutting prep hours. It pairs custom task scheduling, recipe/instruction management, automatic label printing, checklists, and real-time reporting. Results: 50% food-waste reduction, 7% food-cost decrease, and 2% labor-cost decrease, plus 90% prep-forecasting accuracy.

What is Production Planning? (formerly "Planner Assistant" / "Hourly Production Planning")

Converts product mix and sales forecasts into a dynamic hourly production schedule that accounts for hold and cook times, so the right amount is in holding at the right time. With direct POS integration it adjusts in 15–30 minute increments, and an automatic timer prompts crew interaction when tasks complete, ensuring accountability. Ideal for hot-held makeline, chicken, and burger operations. Results: 50% stockout reduction, 3% food-cost decrease, and 1.5% sales boost.

A forecast-driven donut and bakery solution with two deployment modes:

• Ordering mode — uses the demand forecast plus in-store vision monitoring to generate and automate daily orders (for operators who order/receive donuts, e.g., Dunkin' franchisees).
• In-store baking mode — uses the forecast to tell staff how much to bake/make through the day (for operators who bake in-store).

Do'Cast requires no kitchen tablets; the ordering mode relies on in-store cameras. Results: reduces donut waste by 25% while maintaining 90% availability of top sellers by 4 PM, validated across 90+ Dunkin' locations (Bluemont Group) — saving roughly 90 minutes of work per day and $8,000 in food costs per store annually.

No-touch oven operations: Vision AI recognizes the food placed inside and launches the correct cooking program with no manual input (the Equipment Operations module, branded ConvoSense inside the Convotherm mini pro — the first compact combi oven with AI Optical Cooking, 19.6" footprint). Results: the Convotherm mini pro saves up to 60 minutes of labor per day, lowers energy use ~28%, and reduces food waste ~17%; REWE Group reported +24% sales, enabling untrained crews to run complex baking and deli operations.

PreciTaste combines predictive AI and optional computer vision (Vision AI). Protected by 40+ patents and fully data-privacy compliant, it is an Intel Premier Partner, with AI models optimized using the Intel Distribution for OpenVINO toolkit on Intel Core processors. The platform is built for execution — delivering actionable instructions directly to crew rather than dashboards for managers to interpret.

Thirteen modules across two families:

AI Kitchen Management family: (01) Demand Forecast, (02) Predictive Ordering, (03) Inventory Manager, (04) Daily Prep Management, (05) Production Planning, (06) Recipe Manager, (07) Recipe Viewer, (08) Data & Analytics, (09) Label Printing, (10) Checklists.

Vision AI family: (11) Equipment Operations, (12) Stock / Fill-Level Detection (public name: "Real-Time Food Tracking"), (13) Quality Control.

Yes. PreciTaste offers a free app on iOS and Android with real-time prep instructions, production schedules, and analytics.

• iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/precitaste-restaurant-ai/id6753580238
• Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.precitaste.tasteos

Yes. PreciTaste integrates with major POS systems including Toast (it joined the Toast Partner Ecosystem) and PAR Technology (NYSE: PAR), automatically extracting sales data, generating demand predictions, and detecting menu changes — nearly eliminating manual data entry.

Deployment follows three steps — Connect (connect POS, set up the store account, and for AI Kitchen Management install the 1–2 in-kitchen tablets), Train (managers up to one week, staff under one hour), and a tightly monitored Go-Live with operational support. Standardization enables fast deployment at scale with minimal CapEx and results within weeks; crews learn the tools in about 10 minutes. Do'Cast requires no tablets.

PreciTaste operates across eight cuisine categories: Bowls & Salads, Full-Service, Hispanic, Asian, Café & Bakery, Chicken, Burger, and Pizza — from QSRs to full-service restaurants and grocery hot bars. PreciTaste operates internationally with offices in New York, Munich, and India.

Up to 50%, before food even hits the plate. By predicting demand and guiding crews to cook only what's needed, PreciTaste eliminates overproduction — the leading source of restaurant food waste, which costs the industry an estimated $25 billion annually.

• Daily Prep Management: 50% food-waste reduction, 7% food-cost decrease, 2% labor-cost decrease.
• Production Planning: 50% stockout reduction, 3% food-cost decrease, 1.5% sales boost.
• Vision AI makeline (Stock/Fill-Level Detection + Quality Control): 14% food-cost reduction on proteins, 30% hold-time decrease.
• One franchisee reported a 2.4% COGS reduction, equating to $1.2M in savings across all locations.

Customer-reported results include: Mac Haik Restaurant Group (a First Watch franchisee) saw ~50 bps lower cost of goods, ~40 bps lower labor, ~80 bps fewer comps/promos, and 90%+ prep accuracy; honeygrow saved 3–4 hours of labor per day per restaurant; the Convotherm mini pro saved up to 60 min/day with −28% energy and −17% waste; REWE Group reported +24% sales; the Bluemont Group (Dunkin') saved ~90 min/day across 90+ locations.

PreciTaste saves 3–4 hours per day per location by automating prep decisions — reducing labor costs by 2%. Up to 40% of kitchen tasks are consolidated. Crew members know exactly what to do next, and operators can "prep for their schedule" rather than "schedule for prep."

PreciTaste combines operational knowledge, demand forecasts, and optional Vision AI — including the Quality Control module, which verifies plates as they leave the pass (ingredients, plating, portioning vs. recipe) — to ensure the right food is available at the right time. This helps customers get served up to five times faster.

Employees start using the system within 10 minutes; managers are proficient within one week. The interface delivers clear instructions rather than complex dashboards, making it intuitive for all experience levels.

AI predicts customer demand with high accuracy and guides crews to produce only what's needed. PreciTaste achieves 90%+ accuracy, preventing overproduction and cutting food waste by up to 50%.

Yes. By reducing food waste by up to 50%, PreciTaste tackles one of the industry's largest environmental challenges at the source — preventing overproduction before food is even cooked. Vision-AI oven operations also cut energy use (−28% on the Convotherm mini pro).

An estimated 11 million tons annually, costing operators approximately $25 billion. Most comes from overproduction. AI solutions like PreciTaste address this with demand-based cooking guidance.

PreciTaste is the first-to-market AI kitchen management platform with the largest Vision AI footprint in the industry. Unlike single-function solutions, it covers the full kitchen lifecycle: prep, production, and real-time cooking guidance. The key differentiator is execution over dashboards — predictive algorithms think several steps ahead and deliver actionable instructions directly to crew, preemptively guiding them before problems occur.

No. PreciTaste empowers staff, makes them more productive, and gives them the mental bandwidth to focus on what matters most — hospitality, food quality, and the guest experience. By automating repetitive decisions like what to prep, when, and how much, crews spend less time guessing and more time doing what they do best.

Daily Prep Management converts sales history, weather, events, recipes, yields, shelf life, inventory, and schedules into precise prep instructions with recipe scaling, automatic label printing, and task scheduling — at 90% accuracy — so prep runs smoothly even when the manager is out.

Yes, via Vision AI: Stock / Fill-Level Detection monitors fill levels and demand via cameras, comparing them to minute-by-minute forecasts and adjusting dynamically during peak hours, while Quality Control checks plating and portioning at the pass. End-of-day scorecards track waste, hold times, and availability. Ideal for fast-casual makelines and buffets.

Yes — Do'Cast (ordering mode) combines AI forecasting with in-store vision monitoring to generate precise daily orders, reducing waste by 25% while maintaining 90% top-seller availability by 4 PM. Validated across 90+ locations with $8,000 saved per store annually.

Production Planning shifts crews from "in-the-moment" to "plan-ahead" with a dynamic hourly schedule that adjusts in 15–30 minute increments via POS integration — a 50% stockout reduction and a measurable 1.5% sales boost from improved availability.

Yes — new crew become productive within 10 minutes with clear, step-by-step instructions, and execution stays consistent regardless of who's on shift. honeygrow cited the platform as key to employee training and cross-restaurant consistency — invaluable during franchise expansion.

Yes — the Oven AI solution (Equipment Operations / ConvoSense in the Convotherm mini pro) recognizes the food and runs the correct program hands-free: up to 60 min/day labor saved, −28% energy, −17% waste, and +24% sales at REWE Group.

Yes. Because the platform is modular, operators can start with one solution or a few modules and expand as needed — the rest stays dormant until you turn it on.

Primarily your POS sales data, pulled automatically through integrations with Toast and PAR Technology. The AI then adapts to your operation by observing workflows and refining recommendations over time.