This question isn’t theoretical. Consider the following: A restaurant with a well-curated wine cellar loses their sommelier of 5 years, the same sommelier who designed the wine list. Could the Front of House (FOH) create wine pairings for the multi-course Michelin starred tasting menu with the assistance of AI?
AI could handle this task now, if given proper inputs: a detailed wine list, menu ingredients, the final menu, pricing constraints, and well-crafted queries. I decided to test my hypothesis will a couple real-world examples.
Using Notebook AI, I gathered data from two real-world Michelin starred restaurants, The French Laundry *** (TFL) in Yountville and Acquerello ** in San Francisco. Both sets of data are available to download from their websites.
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