A description is given of an apparatus (100) for producing a food item (117). The apparatus (100) comprises a cultivation component (130) for cultivating and for preparing an edible cultivated ingredient (134), and also comprises means (103, 112) for preparing an edible external ingredient (112), which is not cultivated in the apparatus (100). The apparatus (100) also comprises processing means (104, 106, 107), which are intended to produce a food item (117) from at least one cultivated ingredient (134) and at least one external ingredient (112). The apparatus (100) further comprises a control unit (120), which is intended to determine a recipe for producing a first food item (117), wherein the recipe indicates ingredients (112, 134) and process steps for producing the first food item (117). The control unit (120) is also intended to cause the processing means (104, 106, 107) to produce the first food item (117) in accordance with the recipe.
