USE OF 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES TO INCREASE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF RESTAURANTS

Today, it is important not only to manufacture quality products and sell them, but also a set of measures that will increase interest in the restaurant and increase consumer demand. Currently, the popularity of the restaurant on the Internet is very important, so restaurant dishes should surprise the guest with an aesthetic appearance to arouse the desire to take a picture, because a modern restaurant has become a place of new sensations, incredible emotions, aesthetic pleasure. Recently, 3D printing has been used to create culinary masterpieces with an unusual geometric shape. A few years ago, the 3D printer was a technological innovation, and now it is widely used in various sphere of human activity. Therefore, the article considers the prospects of using the method of 3D printing for the manufacture of dishes and products in restaurants to increase its popularity and competitiveness among such establishments. Compared to traditional cooking methods, 3D printing has the following advantages: the speed of cooking is from several minutes to several hours, the components of the dish can have a complex geometric shape, while the complexity of the part has little effect on the speed of its production, a wide range of food products, which is constantly expanding. The restaurant, which will use the production of 3D dishes, desserts, will be an incredibly popular and successful establishment. However, since this trend has recently begun to develop, there are some difficulties, because the method of printing 3D dishes has little experience. The success of its development depends on the persistence in the search for new ingredients, combinations of flavors and modern methods of cooking food for refilling the printer, testing printing technology. At the present stage, such products have a high cost due to the high cost of equipment, but over time their availability will increase, because it is a very popular direction and the number of manufacturers is constantly growing.