Café Oni & Lu

The Pacojet 4 optimizes processes in the plant and increases the quality of the products.

Patisserie specialties and brunch

Opened in May 2022 in a garden center in Villingen-Schwenningen, Oni & Lu is a place to feel good and enjoy. Here, no normal coffee, cakes and rolls are served, but patisserie specialties and fine brunch. Luisa Zerbo, owner and finalist of the TV cooking show "The Taste" 2017, has made her passion for macarons and tartlets her profession and likes to go special ways. The self-taught professional chef and her team make all of their dishes by hand, using intricate methods.

Oni & Lu won the Pacojet 4 Challenge

Over 250 applications were received to participate in the current Pacojet competition. Three restaurateurs were convinced, took part in the training day with Jan Hartwig, tested the Pacojet 4 in operation and took on the challenge tasks. Luis Zerbo was one of them with her Café Oni & Lu, was competing with the Pacojet 4 - and finally won.

Pacojet 4 Challenge

The Pacojet 4 at Café Oni & Lu

Move-in of the Pacojet 4

"We need a Pacojet," Luisa Zerbo's team thought - and soon the application for the Pacojet 4 Challenge was ready. With success: since March, the Pacojet 4 has been in the Oni & Lu kitchen. Luisa Zerbo is bubbling over with ideas on the subject of pacotizing®. A raspberry chocolate ice cream with brioche French toast, creamy hummus, a fine baba ganoush, tahina and herb oils from the Pacojet are already on the menu. "No one has ice cream as melt-in-your-mouth or hummus as creamy as ours," she enthuses.

Hummus from the Pacojet 4

Preparing hummus, which is part of three dishes for breakfast and lunch, was time-consuming and laborious without the Pacojet. Pacotizing® has made the preparation process much easier and faster, and also produces an even finer and creamier result. "The Pacojet optimizes our processes and increases the quality of the products."

Brioche French toast with raspberry chocolate ice cream

Motivation in the team

Pacotizing® also enables Zerbo's team to work more economically. "We have to throw away much less bread and herbs because we process the leftovers into baba ganoush and herb oils. And we can exercise our creativity even more. In the past, no one on the team felt like making ice cream with an ice cream machine. With the Pacojet, everyone is very motivated to work and has lots of ideas for fancy ice creams."

Challenge tasks

Luisa Zerbo has already come up with something special for the Pacojet 4 Challenge tasks: an ice cream tartlet, a macaron ice cream sandwich and pâté en croûte are in the planning stages and should ensure that the Pacojet 4 becomes a permanent fixture in the Oni & Lu kitchen.