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Velvet Taco launching Chat GPTaco

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July 10, 2023

Dallas-based Velvet Taco is promoting its latest LTO, the Chat GPTaco, developed by Chef Venecia Willis using the latest artificial intelligence generator, Chat GPT 4.

Willis sought support and inspiration from Chat GPT's technologically informed intelligence in creating unique ingredient pairings and creative flavor combinations. Ultimately, using assistance from Chat GPT, Chef Willis produced the taco of the future, engineered with Velvet Taco's proprietary taco formula and ingredient list in mind, according to Velvet Taco CEO Clay Dover.

"Velvet Taco is all about breaking barriers and delivering the unexpected," he said in a company press release. "We want our whole home town to know about the ChatGPTaco and make sure they have a chance to visit one of our restaurants and give it a try. The ChatGPTaco represents the marriage of food and tech and creativity in a way I've not seen before in the restaurant space. We're really excited."

The Chat GPTaco features flank steak, blackened shrimp, red chile aioli, chimichurri, crispy potatoes, grilled onion, queso fresco, jalapeno and cilantro on a corn tortilla for $6.25 and is available Wednesday through July 25

"Using the software from Chat GPT for a recipe piqued my interest, and I was pleasantly surprised with the combinations it created," Willis said in the release. "I believe chefs can embrace the technology to enhance our menu ideation process and use it as a tool to support the creative elements that go into producing and executing a cohesive menu item."

Velvet Taco's Chat GPTaco will be displayed on billboards across Dallas as well as included on air on Dallas Radio Stations such as The Ticket.