Fuente: WIPO "tomato" An aspect of the present disclosure provides a system for facilitating food preparation The system includes a plurality of indicator modules, each indicator module configured to be associated with a respective storage unit to visually indicate the associated storage unit, a weight sensor configured to measure weight of a food item placed thereon, a user input interface configured to receive a user input indicative of food item retrieval, and a processing device communicatively coupled to the plurality of indicator modules, the weight sensor and the user input interface. The processing device is configured to receive an instruction identifying a food item and a storage unit from which the identified food item is to be retrieved, generate an activation instruction to activate the indicator module associated with the storage unit to guide user retrieval of the identified food item, and generate a deactivation instruction to deactivate the activated indicator module in response to a deactivation signal. The deactivation signal includes one or more of a signal generated by the user input interface in response to user input confirming retrieval of the identified food item, and a signal generated based on weight data from the weight sensor, the signal indicative of retrieval of a predetermined portion of the identified food item.