ABSTRACTA METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING SOFT-BOILED EGGSA method of preparing soft-boiled eggs comprising the steps of immersing one or more eggs in a heat transfer medium, raising the temperature of the heat transfer medium to a first temperature value and thereafter cooling the heat transfer medium at a rate such that the temperature thereof falls to a second temperature value over a predetermined time interval. An apparatus for performing the method includes a vessel (21) for containing the heat transfer medium, means for heating the heat transfer medium, means for cooling the heat transfer medium, temperature sensing means for sensing the instantaneous temperature of the heat transfer medium and control means for energising the heating means until the temperature sensor detects the attainment of the first temperature and for energising the cooling means thereafter for the predetermined time interval.Figure 3
