A Guide to Improving Your Knife Skills

[xizdaqrian]

Great video. Well done.



[drutgat2]

Hi Jennifer,

Many thanks for this; I found it useful.

The only thing I didn't like was the advertisement preceding your segment.

Many thanks,

Once again,

[underpedz818]

you seriously need to sharpen your knife first!!!!

[wryruss]

All this would be much easier if your knife was sharpened properly!

[olso1969]

I removed then reposted the comment (which you are replying to) due to a spelling error. I can chop just fine and I'm glad that you can too. That being said, I made my point, I think you're wrong, and you think I'm wrong. We're going to have to agree to disagree.

[PawsUp402]

@olso1969 im just confused as to how your knife skills can be correct when culinary schools teach to chop this way. Even Foodnetwork which caters to the home cook chops this way so the idea of home cooks chopping differently is unsupported. When the camera zooms in, look at their hands. The only time when you would chop differently is when you use  a santoku knife in place of a chef's knife. I am guessing you made up the right way to chop. If not, im sorry but you were taught wrong.

[olso1969]

what in the hell. I won't repeat others comments about improper dicing technique, but I must say that the worst aspect of the video is the placement of her finger on the object being cut. you don't curl your finger tips under to avoid cutting your self, you hold them far enough away from the knife so that if the knife slips, not only do you not cut your fingertips off, you don't slice open your fingers at all. please, please learn how to use a knife before you try and teach.

[PawsUp402]

@olso1969 Actually, by curling your fingers, it does protect them. Not only that but the knuckle of your finger acts as a guide for the knife and gives more control which is especially helpful in more fast-paced restaurant environments. I dont know about you, but this is what is taught in culinary arts school. If you love to cook, you know Jacque Pepin who practically wrote the Bible on technique. He also instructs you to do it this way. Seems to me that you might need to learn to use a knife.

[PawsUp402]

@olso1969 you removed your comment but that is completely ridiculous. There is no different technique for the restaurant environment or home cook. Go into the few high schools where home ec classes still exist, and i guarantee you will be taught to use a knife this way. If you're scared and dont have faith in yourself to chop properly, go and get a cutting glove and train with that. There are too many "what ifs"? What if the knife falls on the floor? Should you wear steel boots?

[xizdaqrian]

@PawsUp402 Yes, that is exactly the way I was taught in culinary school. Also, every single person I've ever worked with in any commercial kitchen cuts that way. Knuckles out, tips back, push the vegetable with the thumb.

[AmberRaffile]

you need to cut horizontally first then vertically for dicing just so you know...

[theBraxil]

get better before you teach.

[kevinwsitu]

if that knife is dull, THEN WHAT HAVE I BEEN USING?!!!?!!?!?!?!

[SshikitO]

good video fuck haters

[azfooddudes]

Not good knife skills. She has the knowledge but lacks the knife skills. Its like she read it in a book or something. You do NOT use the base of the knife you use the middle of it. You use a sharp knife. You do not saw at your food and that was a small dice cut on the bell pepper. . .

[kTdNu]

Stop sawing that goddamn onion.

[HFAME13]

IDK WHY EVERYONE IS BITCHING ABOUT HER KNIFE SKILLS TO ME THEYRE GREAT THATS THE WAY IVE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT IN MY EDUCATION IN CULINARY SCHOOL BY TOP CHEFS! ADN BRUNWA IS HOW IT SOUNDS SPELLED BRUNOISE BRUNWA IS THE RIGHT PRONUNCIATION IN FRENCH ITS A FRENCH TERM ! YOU PPL. WOULDNT UNDERSTAND & YOU PROBALY THINK THIS SKILLS ARE HORRIBLE BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE HOME KNIFE SKILLS NOTHING COMPARE TO THE ACTUAL INDUSTRY SO ITS A GREAT VID. =P

[SshikitO]

@HFAME13 lol i wanna see your knife skills in a big rush in a real kitchen not a school kitchen lol

[ROCKmuslimah]

brunwa??? brunoisse!!!

[uhklem]

This is a great video! To the point and clearly demonstrated without a lot of fluff. Thank you!

[100moody100]

Awful awful technique. Check out Jamie Oliver's knife skills video

[lpancho2442]

such bad advise video

like its said first you need a sharp knife

[VentuSora]

No one on the internet knows how to pronounce guillotine.

[comfortablesofa]

@VentuSora Wait ... I think I know. gills-o-thyme

[DrygaYes]

watch her use the tip of the knife to brunoise the bell peppers. gg

[horehay33]

this is not minced garlic, it's roughly chopped garlic. This is not brunois either for that matter, it's small dice.

[edcjunkie]

She forgets that the #1 rule of cooking is having a sharp knife! Keeps you safe so the knife doesn't slip as you are forced to push it harder if it's dull. She needs to sharpen her knives!

[ladiesman903]

i like the part of cutting

[Thatchick654]

Watching her chop the onion made my eyes water. ha.

[Romerjon17]

Don't cry :D

Use some goggles :)

[pocheco5646766]

Great video! Thanks for posting.

[Arielbg]

watch jamie oliver's guide... she sucks..

[fathomboy991]

@Arielbg Fuck Jamie Oliver. Go to school and learn from a Chef Instructor.

[Arielbg]

@fathomboy991 not everyone has the time to go to a school, nor want to be a chef and just want to improve their knife skills, plus jamie does better than her

[fathomboy991]

@Arielbg A lot of people do it better than her, but no celebrity chef should be your guide to knife cutting.

[Arielbg]

@fathomboy991 i don't see why not, but i agree that a chef instructor obviously would be much better :)

[fathomboy991]

@Arielbg My way of thinking is that the more they're on tv, the less I like them. Bobby Flay for example. He's got like, 4 shows. I doubt he's hardly in any of his restaurants any longer than an hour.

[Arielbg]

@fathomboy991 mmm you got a good point, but idk Jamie is different, he kinda dedicates his career to make it more simple for us, all his recipes are so easy and his website is amazing, you can upload your recipes and share them with everyone, but he does has a lot of shows...

[fathomboy991]

@Arielbg There's some things that require not being simple, to make it simple is to make it wrong, it's also making it lazy. You would never simplify a baking recipe simply because it saves you time. It alters the formula and you won't end up with the right ending.

[Arielbg]

@fathomboy991 I agree but knife skills are simple for a homecooking experience, plus baking isn't that complicated

[fathomboy991]

@Arielbg Baking isn't complicated if you're not altering the recipe, thus my point in the last part of my comment.

[majorpainful]

obviously this hooker doesn't know the basics, like using a sharp knife, cutting technique, etc . you better off by showing your tits and shaving your pussy and showing that to people.

[aardappelpitsap]

Lovely how people give comments about how she can't cut properly. If you are so great why in fucking gods name are you watching a vid called: "A Guide to Improving Your Knife Skills". Yes she doesn't have a sharp knife but she's probably better then 90 percent of the people commenting negatively.

[monkeyblades]

@aardappelpitsap please note. a guide to IMPROVING, as in, better than we currently are. If it was called, "A BEGINNERS guide to knife skills" less of these "use a sharp knife" people would be here. knowing to use a sharp knife is what of the essential knife skill and make sure you don't cut yourself. I hope she IS better than 90% of us or else her company would go bankrupt.

[MrChrissy1r]

Wrong from beginning to end,go and get a job digging ditches!!! You are to knife skills and cooking what Elvis Presley was to healthy eating.Nonetheless you are welcome to my kitchen as I do have a job for you, the tiles on the floor need replacing and your knife looks very nearly sharp enough to cope,used with a big hammer!

[AliceInChains89]

You know a lot of pretty words, but you are not good with a knife.

[frankelevntyone]

un-culinary

[frankelevntyone]

unculinary

[frankelevntyone]

The worst part is that she actually thinks that she is showing someone something. Brunois my fucking ass... dispicable... unculinary worthy...? Idiotica.

[CaptainNensho]

how to saw your vegetables.

[CaptainNensho]

is this from "expert" village? first rule in knife skills, use a sharp knife you fucking cunt! show us ur boobs!

[sugardumpling]

First step in improving your knife skills: ensure your knife is sharp.

That is something you have not done.

[jeffshubert]

I've watched many knife skill demonstrations, but this is the best. Well done!

[NivNav15]

And they say women belong in the kitchen...

[e30roundel]

after showing them what kind of knife they should use, you should show them how to PROPERLY sharpen or hone a knife, that one is dull, and dangerous..

[TheCaramelflavour]

Why does the union sticks to the knife?

[MrBojangles447]

don't put your palm on the spine of the knife, to mince pinch near the tip with your other hand. this is both safer but it's also more sanitary. and as the two before me said sharpen your knife a dull knife is very dangerous

[psychoslap]

@MrBojangles447 this isnt how you mince garlic anyways.

[dblock911]

when cutting it should be a nice rocking motion to slice through something you should never have your blade off the cutting board its very dangerous (when she julienned the pepper)

[cmalchik]

This lady is full of shit.

[MrJayel27]

Lol shes crap,..ive seen Kitchen Porters do better,...Oh,and how shes a teacher i'll never know,considering shes forgotten the golden rule;MAKE SURE YOUR KNIFE IS SHARP ....LOL

[JamaicanYawd]

N00B!!!!

[grantmasterflash]

Gil-a-teen *snort*

And yes, she forgot the horizontal cuts when dicing...

[chisme121]

@grantmasterflash thank you

[c2thedub14]

uh, learn to dice an onion. you forgot the horizontal cuts. if you do it that way, you'll end up with alot of non uniform cuts. some people square it off two, meaning cut the sides of the onion off to make a square, besides the root, always keep that.

[BCPilotguy]

She really needs to learn how to pronounce guillotine.

[pnordfelt]

Noob!

[Photo314159]

Thanks!. Good tips.

[MrJayel27]

Lol wtf is this?I could use a knife more efficiently than that within a few days of being trained...she looks like shes just been told by the producer how to do it after theyve googled instructions or something lol...surprised she didnt cut herself.KNife was blunt,technique was totally wrong and she didnt even skin the onion properly...dear dear...

[crankcasy]

That is one blunt knife, and dragging the blade across the cutting board was painful to watch.

[hazeleyes1212]

Thank you, I am in my culinary for bakers class and I missed the first class where she taught knife skills. so this was helpful.

[MrJayel27]

@hazeleyes1212 Lol really,dont take any notice of this video,shes terrible.

[cajun37]

great video, you did and awesome job!

[mrbeanaswell]

she hasnt got a clue what's she's doing. When "dicing" or finely chopping an onion, you do 1-2 cuts across the onion.

[DaveAngus4lyfe]

@mrbeanaswell haha no? you would have huge chunks of onion!

[mrbeanaswell]

@DaveAngus4lyfe what? I meant 1-3 cuts across as well as slicing.

[familyphotoshoot]

@mrbeanaswell

Onions have layers, there's no point in doing the horizontal cuts.

[sgtcarlos91]

she has the knife in a shatty angle the whole time don't teach if you haven't learned properly that my rule

[TomRAFC]

your knife is blunt and low quality and you're technique is poor

[mjjcollectables]

That knife has never been sharpened. Americans call them peppers and Aussies call them capsicum. And she didn't cut them into Julienne, they where too big. And, I'm suprised she didn't cut herself while doing the onion. If she had to do a a few dozen, she'd definately cut herself at some point. I think I'm going to vomit!!!

[damianbranica]

she is struggling w/ the knife

[Kirzen]

That has to be the most pathetic excuse for a knife that I've ever seen. That thing is so ridiculously dull that it has no place in a kitchen, and anyone who would honestly use such a knife has no business teaching anyone about cooking.

[yyyy2999]

@Kirzen which part showed that its dull, im not disagreeing i'm just not very good with knives and i can't notice that its dull, is it because she has to saw the onion?

[FrankyFigs]

I know, at one point she was actually sawing/struggling with the onion. Part 2 is where she cuts her finger.

[PorcupinePower]

are they actually called peppers, or are we aussies saying it wrong when we say 'capsicum'

[kiminokami]

@PorcupinePower "capsicum" comes from the Latin nomenclature of the vegetable. "peppers" or "bell peppers" is a term from different sources, and it is the common English term for "capsicum" variety vegetables/fruits.

[krilla]

also., use your same technique on the peeled garlic clove. just smash it with your knife.

[1brightstar11]

Sharpen your knife pleeeese!

[krilla]

I agree. its so bad. i am about to record and upload a video on how to do this. this is sad.

[IkeSpike321]

She did the union alittle bit worng. The Culinary school Im going to side you must remove all of the root both sides of the onion.

[MykeRahburts]

that was killing me to watch you murder that onion with the dull knife. ahh

[nameUnavailab1e]

You can tell in the onion part that her knife is pretty dull... but overall it was a very informative video.

[darkblazer123]

She mentioned about rocking motion.. she wasn't able to do it properly.. killing the onion.. xD

[googo151]

Awesome video! Don't listen to the haters.

[sm4ll]

Get a sharper knife!

[CorneliusSneedley]

Despite the thumbs down ratings you've received, you're correct. That snap noise the knife makes when it hits the cutting board indicates that the knife is not sharp, and is being forced though the onion, rather than cleanly slicing through it..The noise happens when the onion finally breaks and releases the blade to "free-fall" for the last bit of the motion.

Also, there are the little sawing motions she makes when trying to start some of the cuts. Dull knife.

[DaEdge89]

Epic win

[888heaven888]

vertical then horizontal for that onion . ==

[kiminokami]

That is a matter of opinion, and there are flaws in it.

[yodude117]

Screw this video! Slappchop FTW!

[Zergerz1]

HAHAHA SLAPCHOP FTW, I LOLD

[kryzystof]

you killed that ognion.

[charlitunaman2002]

Can this woman replace Rachel Ray please? Can this happen soon?

[punchingpower]

When youre cutting the brunoise. Youre not cutting at back end of the knife.

[teacherfood]

You are doing things the hard .I have viewed most of the knife skills video here.

I will challenge any of these experts in speed and instruction. I will be blindfolded and my competitor does not have to be.

Teacherfood aka The Blindfolded Chef

[bpoof2]

i would laugh my head off if you cut your self while blindfolded

[DYOUNG2424]

We have such a talented family!

[glittertip]

So great I tweeted about it @glittertip

[therealakasul]

This woman is amazing! Does she have a show? I love her easy style and I really learned something. Thank you, AP!!

[h8liver]

*****Bon appetite!!!

[ShameOnLibs]

So this is what not a right wing extremist training video???...

AP you are slipping on your reporting skills!

[Ajeel06]

when i saw the title....my first thought was a high school student teaching people how to stab with a blade.

then after viewing a couple seconds of it....i enjoyed it for some reason.

[tylermanchesteruntd]

what's she saying? what's the thing called when you're cutting the julienned peices? its french.. something-oir

[yahvinah1]

Brunoise

[starcatcher7774]

OMG! They are going to put her on the terrorist list !

[hellavadeal]

This may save someones fingers, be nice people.

[Mrcharliebobo]

Watch out this might be considered a terrorist training video by the neolibratards!

[imaginepeace63]

cutting a onion. You are making me cry.

[jackeasyking]

her knife is dull

[BinkieMcFartnuggets]

This doesn't teach me how to stab people efficiently...

[crimsomwolf]

why is there always someone talking dumb shyt online? you know damn well this is not fight related -_-;

[boumiz]

First!!! hahaha,, great cutting skills i guess...