Knife Skills

The most important fundamental cooking skill you will ever need to know is how to use a knife safely by learning the correct knife skills.

The first video demonstrates the proper grip to hold a chef's knife:-

Next we demonstrate the most popular technique any Chef learns at culinary school, the rolling technique:-

Then we demonstrate how to position your guide hand which holds the food while combining it with the rolling technique.

Moving on we can now practice the rolling technique by getting used to the rhythm of cutting while using a bench scraper and flour.

Finally we practice the rolling technique which builds on everything you have learned in the first four videos.

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