Soup preparation apparatus

摘要

A soup or puree preparation system is described for preparing liquidised food such as soup or pureed food. The system comprises a base unit and a cooker unit. The cooker unit comprises a motor-driven blender and an electrical heater, the base unit comprises a cooking / serving vessel holding a set of ingredients and having a removable or breakable cover over the set of ingredients in the vessel. The base unit bears identification data for said set of ingredients and is adapted to engage with the cooker unit such that the cooker unit is useable to blend and heat the set of ingredients by means of the blender and heater to make a soup or puree from the set of ingredients. The base unit is further useable for serving the soup or puree by disengaging the cooker unit from the base unit.