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MetaChef

MetaChef is a software company that provides 3D products and solutions for education, marketing, and research. Our solutions are used in interactive teaching materials, sales presentations, online marketing, and product development, among other things. Customers have access to the online platform, which can be used anytime and anywhere. This helps us to better explain our customer stories.

Digital Food Factory

MetaChef is located in the Digital Food Factory: the water tower of the former Menko textile factory in the historic Roombeek district in Enschede. Since 2021, the building has been shared with Het Foodatelier and DiDutch. The three companies complement each other from their own expertise and a shared passion for food and technology.

Smart, effective and committed

In the Digital Food Factory, strategists, designers, and developers work on commercial issues that are directly or indirectly related to food. From growth strategies, packaging design, and product development to innovative 3D solutions. The location is equipped with, among other things, a development kitchen, a technical workingplace, a VR lab and a 3D factory.

Waarom MetaChef?

Even een stapje terug. Want waarom was het noodzakelijk om MetaChef te beginnen? Dat is volgens ons niet zo ingewikkeld. Wij vinden dat veel processen in industrie en onderwijs slimmer, efficiënter, eenvoudiger, moderner en interactiever kunnen.
Neem nou productontwikkeling: voordat een product op te markt komt, maken veel bedrijven een fysieke mock-up. Zo kan een klant van alle kanten zien hoe het toekomstige product eruit komt te zien. Dit kan natuurlijk net zo goed digitaal, met een interactieve 3D-afbeelding.

En dan het onderwijs. Gedrukte lesboeken zijn bijna verleden tijd; studenten krijgen informatie steeds meer digitaal aangeboden. Maar met een ingescand boek red je het als school niet. Een student heeft meer nodig om informatie te begrijpen en het zich eigen te maken. Met digitale 3D-kopieën wordt leren leuker, kwalitatief beter en effectiever. Neem nou virtual reality: wist je dat mensen vier keer sneller leren dankzij VR? Ook een leven lang leren wordt dankzij 3D haalbaar, betaalbaar en aantrekkelijk.

Dit is ons doel!

Wij helpen professionals in de agri- en foodsector en het onderwijs om hun verhaal nóg beter uit te leggen aan consumenten, klanten en studenten. Dat doen we met z’n allen: bij ons werken 3D-artists, programmeurs, designers en foodspecialisten.
Onze levensechte, interactieve 3D-afbeeldingen van food, verpakkingen en machines zijn wereldwijd te gebruiken. Een gele kiwi is immers overal een gele kiwi.

De digitale transitie gaat als een wervelwind. En geen enkel bedrijf of onderwijsinstelling kan achterblijven. Overstappen naar collecties en lesmateriaal in 3D is logisch én het is de hoogste tijd. Wij werken samen met bedrijven en scholen om die transitie waar te maken. En dat doen we zo praktisch en laagdrempelig mogelijk. Zo is een digital twin niet iets uit de toekomst, iets abstracts en ingewikkelds. Maar juist een prachtig en efficiënt middel om informatie over te brengen.

The future?

The Dutch spend an average of 5.5 hours a day looking at a screen. The global average is 7 hours. Forty percent of the world will have 5G coverage by 2024 and by 2030 about twenty percent of people will do their shopping online. We believe it is important that the food industry and education actively grow along with this digital transition. Everything, really everything, is becoming more spatial and more virtual (Metaverse). As long as this transition is ongoing, we will continue to expand and optimize our 3D collection of digital twins. In this way, we are and remain a forerunner in the digital world of food.

MetaChef LAB

MetaChef LAB is our business department for R&D. In this unique LAB we work on the world of digital food. Using the latest technologies we help our clients tackle important issues in their business. Thereby, we can make their work smarter and more effective.

Technologies and developments in AR, VR, robotics, AI and digital twins are key within MetaChef LAB. Here we research and validate our own developments within the scope of food and agriculture.

Client-specific challenges within industry, retail and education have their own special development program. The most promising challenges will be tackled in collaboration with Dutch and German universities in a long term development program.

Advisory board

For our Education business unit, MetaChef has appointed an advisory board consisting of a select group of experts from the food, agriculture and technology fields. We think it is important that talented young people, teachers and trainers are able to work with innovative and fascinating educational materials again and again.

Find your dream job at MetaChef

We believe that freedom, creativity, fun and a pleasant working environment contribute to your personal development and the growth of our company. And we are clearly growing! As an internationally operating company, we devise and make innovative solutions for companies, organizations and educators in food. And there is an increasing demand for it. That is why we are looking for passionate, positive people who want to grow in their field and build their career at the software company MetaChef.

Do you have a passion for your profession and do you want to work with us for the most innovative food companies in the world? View our vacancies and contact us.

Internship 3D Artist

As a 3D Artist, you’re responsible for making realistic 3D models for web and VR/AR applications together with the team.

Internship Software Engineer

As a software engineer, you’re responsible for developing a wide range of applications for web, VR/AR and specific devices together with the team.

Internship UI / UX Designer

As UX/UI designer, you’re responsible for designing our quickly-growing 3D SaaS platform.

Internship VR Engineer

As a VR engineer, you’re responsible for developing a wide range of applications for VR/AR and specific devices together with the team.