My Little Chef Senya
Senya has recently released its first multifunctional robot model, the My Little Chef. In a competitive context, Senya’s robot stands out with its particularly aggressive price, since it is now sold for under 300€ after an initial sales price of 349€. It is still much cheaper than its main competitor, the Mister Cuisine Connect from Lidl.
A robot with classic equipment
The robot is delivered with the standard accessories on the market: the stainless steel bowl of the My Little Chef robot has a useful capacity of 2.2 litres, exactly the same capacity as the Thermomix TM6. In concrete terms, it will be suitable for a family of 4 people. Senya has also chosen not to integrate the scale. This clearly penalizes the robot since the majority of its competitors integrate it directly, in order to limit the number of manipulations. Nevertheless, the manufacturer offers it as an additional accessory. This small gesture is nevertheless appreciable. In addition to the scale, several accessories will be delivered as standard with the multi-cooker robot. Thus, you will have in particular a knife, a spatula, a butterfly whisk, 2 steam baskets, (one settling inside, the other with 2 levels, settling outside, on the bowl), a measuring lid and a metal kneader.
With all of these accessories, you will certainly be able to make a large list of recipes.
A low-cost appliance providing the essentials
Unlike its main competitor, the robot does not have a screen but a single display allowing it to choose the settings between the temperature, the rotation speed of the 2 blades and the timer. Consequently, the robot does not include the guided recipe function as proposed by Mr. Cook Connect. However, the My Little Chef offers various automatic programs such as steaming, kneading, simmering, soup and cleaning.
These features include 13 sub-programs such as soup, soup mixes, soups and more. Some functions such as grating or raw vegetable cutting, which have become standard with some direct competitors, are missing.
The robot is operated via the rotary knob and the touch screen. The settings are relatively simple and intuitive. However, it is regrettable that there are no settings for the two soup subroutines. It is impossible to manage the cooking time. As a result, hard vegetables will have to be cooked manually beforehand. The robot does not count down for soups. The robot only counts down.
Finally, the robot does not integrate any recipes, which will require time to familiarize yourself with the appliance. To compensate, the manufacturer accompanies its robot with a recipe book.
In conclusion, the robot provides the essentials by means of a certain amount of time to get used to it. Unfortunately, the robot does not provide all the functions that allow you to carry out all the stages of your preparations. The robot will ask you a certain time of adaptation before mastering it, but once these elements are taken into account, the robot will be able to carry out all your recipes.