Nova Chef videos

See the station at work

Staff scan a chef-made meal pack and the Scan-to-Cook Station sets the combi oven, air fryer or microwave for that dish. Nothing to dial in, no chef on shift.

About the Scan-to-Cook Station →

How to use each appliance

Short guides for the team on shift. Each one follows a real dish from scan to plate.

Combi oven

Shown with Featherblade Beef · 6 steps

  1. Scan the pack. Hold the barcode under the barcode window on the front of the station, below the screen. The screen shows your dish and the oven to use.
  2. Open and load. Pull the drawer open, lift the food out of the tray with tongs and lay it inside.
  3. Slide it in. Push the drawer all the way back in.
  4. Wait for the timer. The countdown is on the dial. Keep the drawer closed until it ends.
  5. Take it out. When it beeps, pull the drawer out and lift the food out with tongs. The drawer is hot, so hold the handle only.
  6. Plate and serve. Put it on a plate, spoon the sauce over and add the sides.

Air fryer

Shown with Beef Burger Set with Chips · 11 steps

  1. Scan the pack. Hold the barcode under the barcode window on the front of the station, below the screen.
  2. Look at the screen. It shows your dish and the air fryer to use, here Air Fryer 1.
  3. What goes where. Patty in the top basket, chips in the bottom basket. No packaging in the baskets.
  4. Open the bags. Cut the bags open with scissors.
  5. Patty in the top basket. Put the patty in and push the basket all the way back in.
  6. Chips in the bottom basket. Pull it out, tip the chips in in a single layer and push it back in.
  7. Wait for the timers. Each basket has its own countdown on the air fryer.
  8. Warm the bun. Scan the bun on its own. It goes in the microwave the screen shows.
  9. Chips out. When it beeps, pull the basket out and tip the chips onto the plate. Hold the handle only.
  10. Build the burger. Sauce on the bun, then the patty, the cheese and the top. The cheese goes on the hot patty.
  11. Serve. Burger and chips on the plate, ready to serve.

Microwave

Shown with Green Thai Curry · 6 steps

  1. Scan the tray. Hold the barcode under the barcode window on the front of the station, below the screen.
  2. Look at the screen. It shows which microwave to use. Each microwave has a sticker with its name.
  3. Put the tray in. Open that microwave and put the tray inside.
  4. Close and press START. The time is already set for you. Just press START.
  5. Let it cook. Keep the door closed until the timer reaches 0:00. Don't add time or press START again.
  6. Take it out. Lift the tray out by its edges. Hot tray and hot steam, so mind your hands.

What our customers say

Hotels, workplaces and sports clubs serving Nova Chef, in their own words.

Hotels

Rohit, Hotel ManagerThe Dixon Hotel
Sarah, General ManagerThe Exhibitionist Hotel
Craig, Executive ChefPullman London St Pancras
Sadan, General ManagerThe Marlin Hotel
Stuart, F&B Director UK & IrelandHilton
Astrid, General ManagerFraser Place Canary Wharf
Josh, Head of Food & Beverage100 Queen's Gate Hotel

Workplaces

Bruno, Facilities ManagerACO Technologies UK
The team at an on-site tastingEnglish Provender Company
Laura, BuyerMakita Manufacturing Europe

Sports clubs

Paul, General ManagerPinner Hill Golf Club
Kelvin, DirectorLink Golf UK
Jose, Head of OperationsPure Padel

Plating videos

Every dish can be served straight from the pack. These guides show how to plate it for a restaurant finish in under a minute.

Sticky chicken wings
Spinach and mozzarella arancini
Tikka masala with rice, and any two-part dish
Pasta bolognese, and any pasta
Solyanka soup, and any soup
Gyoza and dim sum
Futomaki

See it run in your kitchen. We bring a station, you bring the shift.