AI First with Adam and Andy Seasoning and Reasoning: How Galley Solutions is Cooking with AI & Rewriting the Rules of Food Operations
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Dec 3, 2025 Benji Koltai, co-founder and CEO of Galley Solutions, delves into how AI revolutionizes kitchen operations. His personal health journey inspired him to create a recipe-first platform that addresses the age-old reliance on spreadsheets. Benji highlights the need for systematic data in kitchens, showcasing how AI can enhance planning and reduce waste. He discusses the evolution from data schemas to using LLMs for digitizing recipes and encourages a culture of 'asking AI first' to improve efficiency and ease employee fears about AI adoption.
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Origin Story: Health, Sprig, And Spreadsheets
- Benji traced Galley back to his Crohn's diagnosis and discovering recipe errors at Sprig's commissary kitchen.
- He built Galley after finding kitchens run on spreadsheets and lacking a system of record.
Recipes As The True System Of Record
- Galley organizes kitchens around recipes as the single source of truth, then flows into planning, inventory, procurement, and production.
- This recipe-first model maps directly to operational tasks across any scale of food service.
Kitchens Are Real-Time Optimization Problems
- Kitchens require fast, context-aware optimization where every instant can change due to variables like equipment or ingredient variance.
- Benji frames this as an ideal domain for AI to predict next actions and assist decision-making in chaotic environments.