Knife Skills 101: How I Learned to Cut Like a Chef

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On my first day in a real professional kitchen, I was handed a chef’s knife and told to dice 10 kilos of onions. I gripped it like a cricket bat, hacked away like I was chopping firewood, and produced the most uneven, embarrassing pile of onion pieces you’ve ever seen. My senior chef looked at … Read more