With Samsung Bespoke AI kitchen, anyone can be a Michelin-star chef

Lim Hee-won, a celebrity chef who appeared on Netflix’s cooking competition show Culinary Class War, made a special trip to a studio in Seoul on Wednesday.

At the studio, he showcased four unique dishes using Samsung Electronics Co.'s AI-powered kitchen appliances to demonstrate how easy cooking is with the help of AI.

During the Samsung Bespoke AI Kitchen cooking show at the studio, Lim used various kitchen appliances such as a refrigerator, an induction cooktop and an oven, showcasing how each appliance shares data and provides an AI-supported kitchen experience.

The dishes he made included seafood tomato kimchi, nutritious mushroom rice, grilled pork neck with aged kimchi salsa, beet sashimi and roasted cabbage.

"I really care about the level of doneness for seafood, and it’s cooked very evenly,” said the chief as he took out seafood cooked in Samsung's Bespoke Qooker Oven.

When Lim placed ingredients in the Bespoke AI Family Hub refrigerator, the automatic ingredient recognition feature, AI Vision Inside, registered each item on the food list, noting the exact type and storage expiry date.

At the Samsung-organized cooking show, the company operated an experience zone, where visitors could see the induction cooktop’s vibration-sensing feature, AI Boil Detection, detect boiling and automatically adjust the heat.

Samsung said users can turn off the induction cooktop remotely using its SmartThings app, even when they are away from home.

SmartThings is an Internet of Things (IoT) platform that connects multiple devices to create an even smarter home.

While using Bespoke AI Kimchi Plus, a Samsung kimchi refrigerator, to retrieve aged kimchi for the grilled pork neck and salsa dish, Chef Lim showed that aged kimchi, which typically generates a strong sour smell, can be odor-free if stored in a Bespoke AI Kimchi Plus.

He also used the Samsung Food app, an AI-based food platform, to scan beets and avocados, which prompted a beet sashimi recipe.

SMARTTHINGS ECOSYSTEM

Samsung said its SmartThings app is compatible with over 3,800 devices from 340 brands, including smart plugs, door locks and smart bulbs.

Through the global IoT standard Matter, Samsung said it has also integrated products from its partners such as Kohler, IKEA and Ashley into the SmartThings ecosystem, enabling users to control their products via SmartThings.

To enhance AI functionality, Samsung is considering incorporating both its Exynos application processor and third-party AI chips in its appliances.

"Samsung kitchen appliances are now connected through SmartThings, evolving into AI kitchen solutions that automatically adjust to users’ needs,” said Lee Jung-ju, a Samsung Digital Appliances Division executive.

Write to Chae-Yeon Kim at why29@hankyung.com

In-Soo Nam edited this article.