In October, after two years of hard work, Chef Patron Alain Roux unveiled his brand new state-of-the-art Culinary School and Michel Roux library based at The Waterside Inn in Bray on Thames. The cookery school is a conversion of Alain’s late father, Michel Roux OBE’s home, and boasts an intimate centre for culinary education and training.

With a variety of bespoke cooking classes, unique courses and demonstrations on offer, the school is already known for hosting one of the best training kitchens dedicated to French cuisine in the UK, as well as elevating the Roux culinary legacy and offering exciting opportunities for those in the hospitality industry.

The school first opened its doors at the end of August 2023 with a soft launch cookery course, before opening its doors to customers properly at the end of October. Alain Roux is one of the world’s most respected chefs and follows in his fathers footsteps as a master pâtissier, “You’re not just learning recipes; you’re learning to take your cooking to the next level.”. 

Consistent perfection

The Roux family have been familiar with Multivac for over 30 years, with Alain remembering nothing other than MULTIVAC in each of his families kitchens.

“MULTIVAC has been with us since the beginning and, personally, I couldn’t see anyone else coming close to them.” 

Two years ago, when planning for the culinary school first started, there was already the need for a new vacuum chamber machine and Alain knew that it would be a MULTIVAC that took the space. With the help of Daniel Ullah, Chambers Product Manager at MULTIVAC UK, the decision was made to add a brand new C200 to their ever growing collection. 

The C range of vacuum chamber machines is more professional, and the C200 model has a particularly spacious chamber, with dimensions of 465 x 380 x 150mm, making it not only suitable for packaging larger products, but also allowing it to provide a higher output than its smaller counterparts, giving Alain and his students maximum flexibility and efficiency.

For Alain and his team, everything is done in house and they do what they can to keep everything as fresh as possible, from butchery, fish and meat, to vegetables and infusions, the use of a vacuum packaging machine really compliments their technique.

The evacuation and gas flushing process of the vacuum chamber machine are pressure-controlled, which helps to achieve the highest possible pack quality, consistently, every time. As the Culinary School is part of The Waterside Inn, a 3 Michelin star restaurant, maintaining this high standard is crucial.

The tabletop machines are easy to operate, clean and maintain. All MULTIVAC Machines in the C series have a chamber lid with a viewing window that allows the user to view the packaging procedure. 

The reliability, efficiency and consistency of MULTIAC’s vacuum chamber machines is something that has always stood out to Alain and his family, and they benefit from the machine always being ready to use.

Reliability, quality, and best-in-class after sales support

The reliability and quality of MULTIVAC machines has always stood out to Alain and his family, and they have always found their process efficient, simple and consistent. 

MULTIVAC UK was able to provide additional one-to-one training from Chambers expert, Daniel Ullah, to ensure the entire team were fully educated and able to use their machine in the best way possible. Daniel has since maintained a healthy relationship with Alain and the school, and remains on hand for any future training that is required.

In addition, Alain and the team at the Culinary School also benefit from the comprehensive support provided by MULTIVAC’s Technical Service department to ensure the maximum availability of their new vacuum chamber machine, with access to the support of over 60 field service technicians as well as the technical help desk.