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Used to think learning knife skills from a video was enough but then a line cook named Marcus spent 10 minutes showing me how he holds a chef's knife and I finally got why my cuts were always uneven
He just stood there during a slow Tuesday prep shift at our old spot in Portland and said 'watch your knuckles, not the blade' and after that I've never gone back to gripping the handle like a hammer.
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emma_baker616h ago
Wait Marcus just did that in the middle of a shift with no warning? That's wild but also exactly the kind of chef moment that changes everything. My old coworker did the same thing with vegetable peeling, he just grabbed my hand mid-peel and adjusted my thumb placement. Haven't held a peeler wrong since. Small corrections like that are honestly worth more than any youtube tutorial out there.
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taylor_patel5h ago
It is weird how the best lessons always come from someone just reaching in and showing you. Most people overthink teaching but the hands on stuff sticks way more than any explanation.
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