The Orange Chef Co. builds smart kitchen products centered on its Prep Pad nutrition scale and a complementary Countertop iOS app. Prep Pad provides breakdowns of carbs, fats, protein and calories to help users meet nutrition goals. The company announced an integration with the Jawbone UP band to deliver customized meal recommendations based on logged activity and to automatically log meals into a user’s UP feed. The Orange Chef Co. was established in 2011 and is led by CEO Santiago Merea. Its products are available at Williams-Sonoma stores nationwide and online at theorangechef.com. The company focuses on consumer-facing hardware and software to improve meal-time nutrition control. The Orange Chef builds internet-connected kitchen devices focused on making cooking and food tracking smarter and healthier. Its flagship product is the Prep Pad, a Bluetooth-enabled scale that provides users with real-time nutritional information. The Prep Pad is slated to ship in February. The company previously offered an iPad-stand-equipped cutting board and has been iterating toward higher-tech kitchen appliances. The Orange Chef aims to help consumers make healthier choices by adding connectivity and data to basic kitchen tools. The company has attracted venture investor interest as it commercializes the Prep Pad.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Dec 2013