> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.chonkie.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Chefs Overview

> Overview of the different chefs available in Chonkie

Chefs are simple classes that automatically prepare data for future usage. They are designed to make preprocessing and data transformation easy and reusable.
<Info> Chefs are available only in Python </Info>

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="TableChef" icon="table" href="/oss/chefs/tablechef">
    Extracts tables from markdown text and prepares them for future usage.
  </Card>

  <Card title="TextChef" icon="file" href="/oss/chefs/textchef">
    Processes plain text files and returns structured Document objects.
  </Card>

  <Card title="MarkdownChef" icon="markdown" href="/oss/chefs/markdownchef">
    Processes markdown files, extracting tables, code blocks, and images into a
    MarkdownDocument.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>