The hotel sector has been evoked to a forced evolution where creativity and innovation hand in hand with new technologies facilitate the reconversion of the restoration. According to the report “Foodtech in Spain: Moving the Spanish Food System Forward”, promoted by ICEX, the sector is consolidated as the engine of the food industry. This is demonstrated by the data collected, where there is evidence of a growth of 220% between 2021 and 2020; and an amount of €695,000,000, which triples the figure invested in 2020.
The boom in this field is largely due to emerging delivery companies, which together with investments in alternative proteins and digitization of agriculture have facilitated this development. Thanks to this, Spain is the fifth Foodtech ecosystem with the highest investment in European territory, behind Germany, the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands. Our country has 400 startups working on the development of the agri-food chain and its future applications.
The Foodtech sector seeks facilitate processes and results in food matters thanks to the application of technologies, which in turn allow to strengthen the sector and give a new twist to the results they can give. “The great references of the hospitality sector, those recognized for their creations, are examples of constant innovation and application of new trends in the market”, reveal sources from Last.app, the Spanish startup dedicated to creating restaurant management software.
Innovate to impress
On the one hand, that the cuisine is creative or innovative refers to a new creation that has been placed in the economy seeking entertainment, an impact on the diner that awakens the senses and transport you to previous experiences, enjoying the experience of the delicacy that is offered.
With an eye on this objective, gastronomic establishments resort to new technologies and techniques such as spherification, deconstruction, vaporization or instruments such as siphons or cryogenic gases. The processes that are applied go according to the imagination applied in combining colors, shapes, flavors and textures in the plating and originate an excellent result.
On the other hand, for creation to take shape, it is essential to have the necessary time and tools and make them available for the required product or service. The implementation of new technologies also affects, in this case, creativity in administrative terms.
Creativity and technology in the kitchen
In this sectoral evolution, the insertion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in both aspects, the creative one at the gastronomic level that creates new dishes, such as the one that allows the previous one to happen thanks to the digitization of the business. The applications of this technology and its large data collection are key in building public loyalty, personalizing and optimizing the models, and in the balance between innovation and sustainability. An example is object detection and how the AI generates unique recipes from detected ingredients.
Faced with this challenge of continuing to innovate, Last.app establishes a series of trends that will mark the future of restaurant management:
- Digitization of processes. Preparation of records, consultation of information about the ingredients used and sample of intolerances or allergies.
- Use of more intuitive technologies and personalized to each restaurant. Development of personalized customer services.
- Complete control of the restaurant from the same platform. Provide the premises with a tool that integrates the different services for a complex response.
- Best customer service. The distance between both parties is shortened thanks to the different customer service tools.
