Abstract: The invention provides an automatic and compact food preparation apparatus that prepares a food automatically. The food preparation apparatus of present invention is comprising of an electronic control unit that stores the recipes and accordingly controls the working of all the other units of the food preparation apparatus according to the recipe steps. The food preparation apparatus further includes a wok pan unit, a stirring unit, a raw ingredient dispensing—slot assembly unit and a spice or liquid dispensing unit that by working according to the recipe steps, cooks or prepares the food recipe. The food preparation apparatus further includes a user interface to allow user to select the recipe to prepare, to modify the recipe according to the user requirement and to communicate with the food preparation apparatus.

Abstract: A master controller programmed to execute a recipe, stored in computer memory, for a finished food product, prepared from a plurality of raw ingredients; a raw ingredients storage unit controller controlled by the master controller and programmed to control a mechanism for getting the plurality of raw ingredients for the recipe; a cleaning controller controlled by the master controller and programmed by computer software to control one or more cleaning devices configured to clean one or more of the plurality of raw ingredients; a manipulator controller programmed to control one or more devices which physically manipulate one or more of the plurality of raw ingredients by one or more of grinding, mincing, peeling, cutting, and rolling one or more of the plurality of raw ingredients; and a heater controller programmed to control one or more heating devices to heat one or more of the plurality of raw ingredients.

Abstract: A master controller programmed to execute a recipe, stored in computer memory, for a finished food product, prepared from a plurality of raw ingredients; a raw ingredients storage unit controller controlled by the master controller and programmed to control a mechanism for getting the plurality of raw ingredients for the recipe; a cleaning controller controlled by the master controller and programmed by computer software to control one or more cleaning devices configured to clean one or more of the plurality of raw ingredients; a manipulator controller programmed to control one or more devices which physically manipulate one or more of the plurality of raw ingredients by one or more of grinding, mincing, peeling, cutting, and rolling one or more of the plurality of raw ingredients; and a heater controller programmed to control one or more heating devices to heat one or more of the plurality of raw ingredients.