Talking Chefs

ChefsSteps co-founder Grant Crilly's exploration into sous-vide is just one way he, and his business partner Chris Young, help people cook smarter. ChefSteps is a food tech company devoted to bringing smarts to cooking by demonstrating the "simplicities" of basic through complex techniques one step at a time. Or, each Chef Step of a given technique, at a time.  Before we continue, let us reveal our bias: we believe everything ChefSteps creates has style. Not the prancing-around-the-plate-naked-with-a-streak-of-pretension-style, but the tastefully-delivered, substance-paired-with-the-perfect-soundtrack kind of style. Whether the "everything" is a YouTube video that shows how easy dinner preparation can be, a premium class that walks you through each step of baking macaroons like a pro, a well-designed sous-vide immersion circulator named Joule, or her smart companion app that makes cooking with Joule a breeze, it is all done with style. Indeed, Joule exemplifies the ChefSteps style: she's bold, beautiful,