# Chef Robotics Chef+ at San Francisco, California, USA: deployment

Canonical ID: `891daa77-774d-4ca4-b2a3-1fe47b3d666a`

Chef robots deployed at Project Open Hand, a San Francisco nonprofit providing medically tailored meals. Robots assist with meal assembly for sick and elderly residents. Confirmed by Wired coverage.

## Key facts

- **Operator:** Project Open Hand
- **Purpose:** Medically tailored meal assembly

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-07-14_

- **Slug:** chef-plus-project-open-hand-sf
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Chef Robotics Chef+](/models/chef-robotics-chef-plus.md) (id: `4cfeb2d9-eedf-4986-9f70-56bb1bab8360`)
- **Company:** [Chef Robotics](/companies/chef-robotics.md) (id: `f7789b19-5a15-415e-b509-25625d542185`)
- **Location:** [San Francisco, California, USA](/locations/united-states/san-francisco-california-usa.md) (id: `e21ebda1-04ca-4f06-9b52-284b905804e7`)
- **First seen:** 2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. **These Robots Are Making Meals for a Nonprofit in San Francisco's Tenderloin** · https://www.wired.com/story/these-robots-are-making-meals-for-a-nonprofit-in-san-franciscos-tenderloin/ · 2024-06-01

## Common questions

### What is the Chef Robotics Chef+ deployment at San Francisco, California, USA?

Chef Robotics Chef+, built by Chef Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at San Francisco, California, USA on the DEPLOY registry. Chef Robotics operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Chef Robotics Chef+ at San Francisco, California, USA?

Chef Robotics, the manufacturer of Chef Robotics Chef+, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Chef Robotics Chef+ deployment at San Francisco, California, USA go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2024 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Chef Robotics Chef+ deployment at San Francisco, California, USA?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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