what Restaurants Use Sous Vide

Do Restaurants Use Sous Vide

Yes. Restaurants must maintain consistency in all of their dishes, and sous vide is one of the easiest ways to do so.  This results in happy customers and higher table turnover, which boosts profits.

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Do Restaurants Pre-Cook Steak

Numerous restaurants use sous vide to begin the cooking process of their steaks, after which they transfer them to the grill to finish browning and searing the top.

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Do Steakhouses Cook Sous Vide

U.S. steakhouses use sous vide cooking to prepare enormous amounts of steaks for a large service. This reduces prep and speeds kitchen-to-floor service.

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What Restaurants Use Sous Vide?

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1. French Laundry (Yountville, CA) and  2. Per Se (New York, NY)

Thomas Keller, a world-renowned chef, runs these two Michelin 3-star restaurants. Keller proudly promotes sous vide. He wrote the popular sous vide ode Under Pressure. Keller loves sous vide braised short ribs and foie gras.

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3. Kayne Prime (Nashville, TN)

The classic American steakhouse is modernized at Kayne Prime, where design, cuisine, and mixology combine. One of their most popular meals is sous vide steak.

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4. Equinox (Washington, D.C)

Equinox (not the gym) is a popular D.C. restaurant serving mid-Atlantic and seasonal fusion. The ever-changing menu features sous vide meals.

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5. Beaker & Gray (Miami, FL)

The woodsy interiors of Beaker & Gray produce the tastiest grilled jerk chicken thighs and Cuban lechon. Once spice-rubbed, packed in vacuum bags, and sous vide, both are grilled for a fast sear and crisp.

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6. Laurel (Passyunk, PA)

In Philadelphia's top kitchens, the immersion circulator is becoming more popular. Laurel chef Nicholas Elmi prefers sous vide for chicken breast, pig, shrimp, and veggies.

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7. Boston Chops (Boston, MA)

Boston Chops is the “perfect modern steakhouse” in Boston's South End. Boston Chops steakhouse sous vides steaks to seal in fluids and flavor before searing them in a cast-iron pan.

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8. Chipotle Mexican Grill (Across the U.S.)

Not all fine dining chefs utilize sous vide. This answers “can sous vide be scaled?” After an E. coli outbreak in 9 states, Chipotle employs sous vide to “help prevent future pathogen outbreaks” (source).

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