Chris’ new position, starting in January 2015, comes after three years as Sous Vide Tools’ part-time development chef, during which time he developed and co-wrote the UK’s first sous vide cook book, Sous Vide: art of precision cooking.

Holland said: “Sous vide cooking has been an important part of almost everything I have achieved in my working career. I really enjoy the developmental part of my work; it gives me great pleasure to pass on my knowledge and expertise whilst working with such a forward thinking company as Sous Vide Tools.

“There are so many exciting developments in the pipeline - watch this space.”

Having cooked using the sous vide technique for over 10 years, Holland will now use his knowledge and experience to offer first hand advice and training to Sous Vide Tools’ customers, largely foodservice professionals, looking to learn more about the cooking technique.

His role will also include product testing, recipe development, teaching videos, delivering professional training sessions and providing one-to-one specialist consultancy and menu development.

Alex Shannon, managing director at Sous Vide Tools, said: “We sell an extensive range of high quality sous vide products and provide excellent expert advice, training and technical support but now want to take this to the next level.

“After nearly three years as our part time development chef we made the decision to bring Chris on as a full-time member of our team. We’ll now be able to give even more advice and support to chefs and businesses, and further develop our online advice, recipes and tips as well as offering more consultancy and specialist training.”

SousVideTools.com is a specialist supplier of professional cooking equipment for chefs and home cooks.