Will AI replace Institution Cooks?

Why this score

Batch cooking, portioning, and reheating — the repetitive, high-volume tasks that define institutional cooking — are exactly the tasks robotic kitchen systems are designed to replace. Inventory tracking, recipe scaling, and temperature monitoring are already being handed to software in hospitals, schools, and correctional facilities. Your role sits in the most automatable tier of food preparation, and the economics are moving in the wrong direction for human cooks on institutional lines. The question is not whether these kitchens will look radically different in five years, but whether you'll have repositioned yourself before they do.

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