but smink is the first to give printed food a place in each course on the menu.nge food itself? >> it don't change anything about flavor, for example, so what you put into the printer will come out. if you put something nice, in you will have something nice. >> reporter: just like regular printer, sometimes what you put into these printer, this case cauliflower hazelnut puree and pumpkin. >> it stopped, yes. >> reporter: can jam. oh, there we go. and then you have to reboot. just like computers. >> many restaurants are scared of technology in their kitchens. >> reporter: but nina hoff says the printers provide by her when byflow are easier to use than many chef think. >> they're used to ovens. they're used to pots and pans, this is the hurdle we have to overke. >> reporter: smin tk a leap earlier this month at his new restaurant in h his tommy town. tru testing the technology on friends and me. so it was the celery root that was 3-d printed? >> yes. >> reporter: if dishes like these prove popular and the device, each nearly $4,000 get cheaper, pixels to plate cou

but smink is the first to give printed food a permanent place in each course on the menu. printing? >> something extra for my guests to surprise them. we want to give them an extra dimension. >> reporter: does it change the food itself? >> it don't change anything about the flavor, for example, because what you put into the printer will come out. if you put something nice in, then you will have something nice. this is natural pumpkin -- >> reporter: like regular printers, sometimes you what put into these printers -- in this case cauliflower hazelnut puree and roasted pumpkin -- >> stopped -- >> reporter: clogged? >> yes. >> reporter: can jam. >> i don't know. >> reporter: there you go. and then you have to reboot. right. just like computers. >> many restaurants are scared of technology in their kitchens. >> reporter: nina hoff says the printers provided by her company, biflow, are easier to use than many think. >> they're used to ovens. they're used to pots and pans. this is, you know, the hurdle we have to overtake. >> reporter: smink took a leap this month at his new re