A TOP Bury chef will pit her cooking skills against a robot at this year’s Manchester Science Festival.
Mary-Ellen McTague, who grew up in Greenmount, has admitted that she is nervous about being ‘rendered obsolete’ by her robot counterpart.
The former Great British Menu judge will be going head-to-head with Foxdog Studios’ robot chef at the Robots Late event at the Museum of Science and Industry on Wednesday October 25.
Along with finding out if tops chefs can be recreated in mechanical form, the event will ask “are sausages best served from a cannon?” and “does it matter if an electromagnet touches your beans?”
Mary-Ellen, who used to run the award-winning Aumbry restaurant in Prestwich, said: “I am feeling a bit nervous about going up against a robot. What if the robot is better than me? What if it goes into production and I am rendered obsolete? Although, the prospect of an early retirement has its appeal so maybe I’ll let the robot win.”
Doors open at 7pm, and the event runs until 10pm. Tickets are free of charge.
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