Basic Knife Skills Part 1 (1 of 2)

This is part 1 of the Basic Knife Skills video. Here Chef Tomm shows us some of the basic knife skills you should know. Make sure you watch the second part to this video.

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[artchelyntiwanac]

Wow!Nice Video Chef Tom:-)It inspires me a lot,hope to become a professional Chef like you in the future.Please wish me luck^_^

[Thomas Johnson]

Good Luck!

[SweetMuffe]

When you work, I really hope that you remove your ring, on your finger.

[Thomas Johnson]

No, my wedding band always stays on.

[Marcello Alpert]

Have you taken courses for preparing authentic Italian food at CIBO Culinary institute o Bologna

[Thomas Johnson]

No, I went to ICIF in Piedmont

[NatTheFat]

great videos chef tomm, but the ticking music in the background is really hard going after a minute or so.... any chance you could stop using it in your videos?

[rnarud]

Great video, very informative and well explained.

[Girom Christian Calica]

Now do that with a machete or a tomahawk.

[Georgette GiGi]

Thank you so much chef.

I'm going back to my lab and basically starting from step one. I felt nervous because I never felt I fully grasp the concept of knife skills.

Your demonstration and explanation was just what I needed. Now I feel encouraged and motivated again.

[dawnlightening]

Hi Chef Thom, Clear and understandable instructions ! However, the onion slicing/cutting isn't in Part 2 (must have gotten sliced off). Please upload a video on how to do this. Thanks !

[vbn678vbn]

A small fan that gentle blows across the the onions will keep the tears away

[reetdance2]

the onion thing... when i put them in the fridge and i use a sharp knife it usually works... depends on the onion of course..?!

[Joe Vanwie]

where are those gloves bob

[avarmauk]

Well technically you can wear swimming goggles and you won't cry when cutting an onion. But you will look rather silly.

[SheChoosesReason]

I love the background behind the chef. Those colors and the wood look beautiful! Love my kitchen to look like that.

[SheChoosesReason]

I've found that coating my eyelids in heavy Vaseline while keeping a bottle of Visine handy (by the cutting board) for occasional squirting helps reduce tearing. If you have an older and more bitter onion, coat the eye area with dark molasses. There are properties in black strap molasses that shield the eye and basically make it hard to see thereby reducing inflammation (as well as the power to see), which, in turn makes it easy to not want to chop onions.