Intellectual property is difficult to apply to the culinary world, but chefs could one day monetize their culinary secrets if they agree to prepare a dish under the watchful eye of artificial intelligence. In a science-fiction-like scenario, 'recipe record and playback' technology means that a chef's signature dish could be recreated in a kitchen they've never even set foot in.
From Dominique Ansel's half-croissant, half-doughnut creation the cronut, to Yann Brys's swirling cream creation piped on a potter's wheel and Pierre Hermé's iconic Ispahan rose and lychee macaron, many great chefs claim—and rightly so—to be the inventors of signature tricks of the trade, cooking techniques and recipes.