Shola Olunloyo

Shola Olunloyo appears in Chef vs. Robot as the chef and food-industry consultant who judges the human-versus-robot taste test. The Planet Money episode uses him to connect culinary quality to Restaurant Operational Fragility and thin restaurant margins.

Olunloyo correctly identifies the human-made and robot-made dishes in all three rounds. He awards the human chef the beef chow fun and wok stir-fried beef, while giving Robby Wokbot the fried rice because its seasoning and flavor impact work better in that dish.

Connections

• Phuong Hoang Chiang, Ting Wong, and Robby Wokbot - taste-test participants he evaluates.
• Wok Hei - flavor clue he detects in the human-cooked dish.
• Restaurant Automation and Robot Chef Cost-Quality Tradeoff - tradeoff his judging makes concrete.
• Restaurant Operational Fragility - margin and operating context he emphasizes.