CREA The Culinary Research and Education Academy
Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes pour l'Alimentation
Cuisson sous vide à juste température

Tune in today for the 2025 ISVA Holiday Dishes Showcase to watch our very own, Robert Carkin 🍽️, and many more talented ...
11/16/2025

Tune in today for the 2025 ISVA Holiday Dishes Showcase to watch our very own, Robert Carkin 🍽️, and many more talented presenters! Always grateful for our continued partnership !

CREA Course Dates‼️ Elevate your cooking by learning sous vide with our hands-on courses — from mastering the basics to ...
11/13/2025

CREA Course Dates‼️ Elevate your cooking by learning sous vide with our hands-on courses — from mastering the basics to advanced culinary techniques.
DM us or email contactus@lecrea.com
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Honoring all who have served — and those still actively serving today. Thank you for your courage and sacrifice. We are ...
11/11/2025

Honoring all who have served — and those still actively serving today. Thank you for your courage and sacrifice. We are forever grateful.🇺🇸
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At CREA, we do more than just teach — we transform the way chefs think about cooking. 🔥 Learning goes beyond the classro...
11/06/2025

At CREA, we do more than just teach — we transform the way chefs think about cooking. 🔥 Learning goes beyond the classroom as we explore, test, and perfect the techniques that define modern cuisine — like the art and science of sous vide. Take one of our courses and find out for yourself!

🗓️ December 9-11 & February 23-25 (Sous Vide)
🗓️ March 10-11 (Extraction and Cryoconcentration)

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It’s late, but good food never sleeps. 🌙✨On  , we’re celebrating the art of cooking done right — precise, flavorful, and...
10/25/2025

It’s late, but good food never sleeps. 🌙✨
On , we’re celebrating the art of cooking done right — precise, flavorful, and effortless thanks to sous vide. Because quality ingredients + temperature control = perfection every time🔥

To learn more and enjoy high quality food, join our 3-Day Cooking at Precise Temperature Course!
📍 November 4-6 | Sterling, VA
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10/20/2025

🍂 Just like the colors of fall, cryoconcentration brings out the richest, most vibrant essence of every ingredient. 🌈✨ Watch as we carefully strain to reveal pure, concentrated flavor — the science of taste in action. ❄️

Want to master this technique? Join our Cryoconcentration Course, October 29–30 at CREA! 🔬👩‍🍳
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It’s National Dessert Day—and choosing just one simply isn’t our style 🍮✨ From delicate pastries to rich cheesecakes, we...
10/14/2025

It’s National Dessert Day—and choosing just one simply isn’t our style 🍮✨ From delicate pastries to rich cheesecakes, we’re celebrating the craft behind every sweet creation. Want to perfect your pastry skills and enjoy some delicious pastries? Join our Advanced Pastry Techniques Course on November 19-20! 🍰

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Dive into National Salmon Day with us🐟 Learn how to perfect salmon (and more) with sous vide techniques at CREA. Join ou...
10/08/2025

Dive into National Salmon Day with us🐟 Learn how to perfect salmon (and more) with sous vide techniques at CREA. Join our 3-Day Cooking at Precise Temperature Course! DM for more details.

🗓️ November 4-6
📍 Sterling, VA
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☕️✨ Happy  ! We’re throwing it back to a tropical favorite — the Pineapple Trim Frappe 🍍What makes it extra special? It’...
10/07/2025

☕️✨ Happy ! We’re throwing it back to a tropical favorite — the Pineapple Trim Frappe 🍍
What makes it extra special? It’s powered by cryoconcentration for that bold, pure pineapple flavor in every sip! ❄️
Want to learn more about this method? Register for our class October 29-30 ✍🏽 DM us or email contactus@lecrea.com to sign up!
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22445 Sous Vide Lane
Sterling, VA
20116

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Monday 8:30am - 6pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 6pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 6pm
Thursday 8:30am - 6pm
Friday 8:30am - 6pm

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About CREA

The Culinary Research and Education Academy (CREA) is a global leader in culinary research, education and consulting. To date CREA has trained more than 5,000 chefs around the world and more than 80 percent of the world’s 3-star Michelin chefs.

One of the most important culinary innovators of our time is a scientist and an economist. Long before he founded CREA, Bruno Goussault, a French biochemist and food lover, discovered that he could make tough cuts of meat tender by cooking them over long periods of time at low temperatures. What Goussault did differently, though, was that he introduced the vacuum bag. By placing food under vacuum, he prevented it from drying out and captured juices and flavors that would otherwise be lost. He also designed the very first temperature probes using, of all things, hospital syringes. Goussault correlated the structural and textural changes in meat to exact cooking temperatures and in so doing, developed the sous-vide method. The result was evenly cooked meat that tasted more like itself than any other cooking process could render it. Removing air from the bag then immersing it in water allows heat to transfer to food in the most efficient way.

Centre de Recherche et d’Études pour l’Alimentation (CREA) launched the slow-cooking revolution when it opened its doors in Paris more than two decades ago. Since then, we’ve trained many of the world’s most celebrated chefs. We’re changing the way the world cooks and the definition of fine dining. Particularly in the last decade, CREA has helped reinvent sous-vide and redefine the way food is prepared at the world’s finest restaurants.

Today, in collaboration with parent company Cuisine Solutions, CREA has expanded its reach. Goussault and his team of food engineers and sous-vide professionals teach at CREA Paris and Washington D.C, and travel the world to conduct seminars and on-site training. Most recently, the school has introduced online video instruction for chefs interested in learning from their own kitchen and on their own schedule.