Knife handling

1.selecting the right knife for the job

It's important when cutting food we use the correct knife, for example, paring cook/chef Knife and bread knife 

when cutting bigger objects you should use the chef knife which is bigger. when cutting more smaller objects you use the smaller chef knives. when cutting bread use the bread knife it has a curvy blade.

2.area is prepared for use 

in this photo you can see that we are cleaning tables with a cloth and spray 

 the cutting board has a wet cloth underneath it to prevent the board from slipping when cutting 

when walking around with knives put the knives onto our thighs pointing towards the ground like this

3. how to maintain a knife

depending on what metal your knife is made out of your going to have to sharpen your knifes every practical stainless steel is very common but it doesn't hold an edge for long but it doesn't rust or stain high carbon steel holds an edge for longer but it needs to be cleaned and wiped down because it stains and rusts really easily this is just the basics.  

Sharpening steel rod:

this is how you sharpen a knife with a sharpening steel 3 strokes on both sides should be good enough

Whetstone:

This is just one of the many ways of how to sharpen a knife with a whetstone and again like before three stokes on both sides should be good enough but unlike sharpening steel rods you have to put the whetstone in water until the bubbles stop and every now and then put water on the stone to lubricate it. whetstone usually have two sides with different grits, the side that is coarse is for taking more metal off and the finer side is for making the edge finer and sharper you usually start with the more coarse side first then the finer side.

 

storing knifes 

when storing knives you should store them on a rack/cupboard  or a knife block this is to prevent the blade from dulling or blunting 

practical: fruit tart 

29/10/20

introduction: in this practical we were focusing on fruit cuts and our knife handling skills. In the photos below you can see by using the cutting guide we used slices for the banana and the same for the blueberries for the kiwi fruit and for the oranges we used paysanne .

cutting guide 

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27th of April 2020

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My deepest apology for the actions of the staff member who was serving you, there is no excuse for what the staff member done. We have given the staff member a warning and they are reciving customer serve traning to prevent this from happening again. We want to give you a ¥50 gift card for anyone of our departments.

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