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Upgrade Spotlight: Cook Faster, Easier & Better With Light – Brava : 964

Aug 6, 2022

Travis Rea, vice president and professional chef at Brava, leads the culinary team's innovative approach to cooking with light. He discusses Brava's groundbreaking Pure Light Technology, which cooks food faster and with better quality than traditional methods. Listeners learn about the benefits of this advanced cooking appliance, including precision cooking and the ability to prepare multiple ingredients simultaneously. Travis emphasizes how this user-friendly device promotes healthier eating habits for families, transforming the approach to meal preparation.

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ANECDOTE

Initial Skepticism Turned Belief

Travis Rea initially dismissed Brava, thinking traditional cooking methods were sufficient.
After trying Brava-cooked steak and potatoes, he was impressed by the speed and quality, joining Brava's culinary team.

INSIGHT

Brava's Pure Light Technology

Brava uses precise infrared and visible light, like a highly controlled "Tesla" compared to the Easy Bake Oven's "golf cart."
The lamps, originally designed for industrial metal melting, reach full power instantly, enabling rapid cooking and multi-zone cooking.

ADVICE

Using Brava

Select your ingredients, load the tray, and press a button to cook with Brava.
Brava's 7,000+ recipe programs guide placement on the tray, optimizing cooking based on ingredient combinations.

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IN THIS EPISODE OF THE HUMAN UPGRADE™...

... you’re going to find out how to cook differently using an innovative kitchen appliance, Brava, that’s got some cool features that will get you excited about making your meals at home—always a good idea!

First—what Brava is not. The Brava countertop cooking oven isn’t a microwave, isn’t a toaster oven, and isn’t a convection oven.

Instead, it’s a device that cooks with light. Six lamps deliver exact, variable, infrared light waves to your food. Brava synchronizes and controls the amount of power each lamp emits. Simultaneously, the lamps instantly reach full power and turn off just as quickly, creating three independent cooking zones inside the chamber.

The top five benefits of this cooking method include: Searing (great for your grass-fed steaks), precision, versatility, speed and quality. Brava also cooks up to three different ingredients at the same time. You can air fry, dehydrate and cook your favorite white rice in it (Bulletproof Diet approved). It’s user- and kid-friendly, so your whole family can be part of a lifestyle that prioritizes food that nourishes your body and ups your energy.

Brava’s vice president and professional chef, Travis Rea, led the Brava Culinary Team in developing Brava's patented Pure Light Technology (physicists and mathematicians were in on it, too). He’s on the show to explain the technology behind Brava and how cooking with light will change your entire approach to food.

Travis earned a degree in Culinary Arts at the California Culinary Academy. Prior to Brava, he headed the Food Development team at Williams-Sonoma for eight years where he developed nearly 800 private label food products. His experience also includes leadership roles at Revolution Foods and NatureBox. So, he knows the many facets of creating great food.

Brava takes out the guesswork of meal planning by offering over 7,000 fully automated recipe programs. This means you can enjoy cooking more because it takes less of your time.

SPECIAL OFFER FOR LISTENERS OF THE HUMAN UPGRADE: https://www.brava.com, use code DAVE at checkout to get $200 OFF any Brava set through December 31, 2022.

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