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In addition to the original Nomiku Immersion sous vide machine, Fetterman authored a cookbook with Meesha Halm and Scott Peabody, ''Sous Vide at Home'', that was published by Penguin Random House in November 2016. The book was a bestseller on Amazon, and a follow up, ''Sous Vide Made Simple'', was published in October 2018 by Ten Speed Press.
* The Original Nomiku Immersion Circulator.
* WiFi Nomiku
* Sous-vide-ready meats
sous vide
Sous vide (; French for 'under vacuum'), also known as low-temperature, long-time (LTLT) cooking, is a method of cooking in which food is placed in a plastic pouch or a glass jar and cooked in a water bath for longer than usual cooking times (usu ...
immersion circulators designed for the home cook based in San Francisco
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. The company first started as a Kickstarter project in 2012. Nomiku was intended to provide access to sous-vide cooking. In 2017 the company started to offer home delivery of prepared meals that are prepared with the sous-vide method, but stopped operating in December 2019.
Company history
Nomiku was founded by Lisa Q. Fetterman, Abe Fetterman, and Wipop Bam Suppipat. Previously, Lisa and Abe started their first company together, called Lower East Kitchen, while living in New York City. After relocating to San Francisco, Lisa and Abe decided to pursue their sous vide endeavors further and joined the hardwarestartup accelerator
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Nomiku's name is a shortened version of the Japanese phrase “Nomikui” (飲み食い), which means “eating and drinking”.
In 2017, Nomiku began to offer a meal delivery service that shipped pre-packaged, pre-cooked, pre-portioned meals to customers that could be prepared using sous vide cooking in 30 minutes. An investment from Samsung
The Samsung Group (or simply Samsung) ( ko, 삼성 ) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them united under the ...
helped the company developed an RFID enabled sous vide version of their Nomiku immersion cooker and expand the business from a connected hardware device to a subscription meal delivery service.
On December 13, 2019, the company emailed its customers that they would be discontinuing the Nomiku Smart Cooker and Nomiku Meals effective immediately, suspending operations.
Founders
Lisa Q. Fetterman was the CEO of Nomiku. A graduate of New York University'sArthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
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In 1832, the ...
, she worked in several fine dining restaurants. Fetterman also worked as a journalist at many publications. She has been named Forbes 30 Under 30 as well as Zagat 30 Under 30 for her work with Nomiku.
Abe Fetterman holds a PhD from Princeton
Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ni ...
specializing in and Astrophysics
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. He was the CTO of Nomiku and helped Lisa conceive Lower East Kitchen and develop their Ember Kit.
Wipop Bam Suppipat was Nomiku's third co-founder and designer. Suppipat earned his Industrial Design degree from the Rhode Island School of Design
The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD , pronounced "Riz-D") is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase the ...
and was classically trained at the French Culinary Institute.
Products
In addition to the original Nomiku Immersion sous vide machine, Fetterman authored a cookbook with Meesha Halm and Scott Peabody, ''Sous Vide at Home'', that was published by Penguin Random House in November 2016. The book was a bestseller on Amazon, and a follow up, ''Sous Vide Made Simple'', was published in October 2018 by Ten Speed Press.
* The Original Nomiku Immersion Circulator.
* WiFi Nomiku
* Sous-vide-ready meats
See also
*Sous vide
Sous vide (; French for 'under vacuum'), also known as low-temperature, long-time (LTLT) cooking, is a method of cooking in which food is placed in a plastic pouch or a glass jar and cooked in a water bath for longer than usual cooking times (usu ...
* Low-temperature cooking
References
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