How to add the ‘wow’ factor to your cooking

Fancy experimenting with new techniques? John Lewis can help you create restaurant-quality meals under your own steam

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Next time you have dinner guests round, expecting spag bol or shepherd’s pie, how about offering them something a little more impressive?

Your cooking is only ever as good as your cooker, but you can raise your culinary game with John Lewis’ “Sous Vide” Built-In Steam Oven, part of the retailer’s own-brand large electricals range, which re-launches this October. Featuring sous vide technology and an easy-to-use display – thanks to intuitive touch controls with white LED display – this method enables you to serve up restaurant-quality dishes straight to your guests with an ease that you won’t quite believe.

How does it work? Cooking food sous vide – that is, vacuum-packed and slow-cooked at low temperatures using steam to the precision of one temperature degree, for example 68C – not only helps the flavours bond together and intensify, but reduces the risk of overcooking. The oven’s humidity sensor produces just the right amount of steam to ensure your food is cooked to perfection. But that doesn’t mean you’re not still in charge ­– with easy-to-use temperature controls, the food probe technology enables you to fine tune the dishes in your own unique fashion. No wonder sous vide steam ovens are now commonplace in the kitchens of Michelin-starred restaurants across the world.

John Lewis “Sous Vide” Built-In Steam Oven

Other items featured in John Lewis’ large electricals range include fridge freezers, dishwashers, washing machines and more. Introduced in 2003, the range is an enduring favourite with customers, valued for its dedication to technological innovation. Not for nothing has it won 52 Which? Best Buy awards since it first hit stores.

The re-launched products have been carefully redesigned based on feedback from customers, with improvements made to 95 per cent of cooking, refrigeration and laundry appliances. All products have customer approval ratings of more than 70 per cent too, so you can rest assured they will reach the high standards required by your household.

So what are you waiting for? If you’re keen to experiment with new recipes, or try out some state-of-the-art techniques, John Lewis' ‘Sous Vide’ Built-In Steam Oven offers you the top chefs’ route to presenting mouth-watering dishes with minimum effort but maximum flavour. And for all other electrical household requirements, check out the re-launched range coming soon. You’ll be amazed by how easy it is to revolutionise the way you live your life.

To experience the incredible cooking abilities of the John Lewis ‘Sous Vide’ Built-In Steam Oven, head to John Lewis stores in October and take a look for yourself. Or for more information go to John Lewis