Knife Skills

Chef's Knives are mostly used for..

• slicing tomatoes and soft foods

• Chopping, Dicing, and mincing

• Small items like fruits and vegetables

• removing bones from fish

A _____ knife is a safe knife.

• Dull

• Small

• Large

• Sharp

use the _________ technique to protect fingers while cutting foods.

• Claw grip

• flat fingers

• Nuckle grip

• Palm grip

Which is the correct way to hold a knife?

• #1

• #2

• #3

When would you use a chef knife?

• When cutting precisely and getting into tight spots

• When sawing into tough crusts and bagels

• When chopping and mincing vegetables

• When cutting through steel

When would you use a serrated knife?

• when cutting precisely and getting into tight spots

• when chopping and mincing vegetables

• when sawing into tough crusts and bagels

• when cutting through bones and joints

When you bring your knife up and down in a see-sawing motion that is called

• Rock Chop

• Tapping

• Slicing

• Cross Chop

When you are making thinner slices with the end of your knife you are

• Rock Chop

• Tapping

• Slicing

• Cross Chop

When you are making small cuts back and forth you are

• Rock Chop

• Tapping

• Slicing

• Cross Chop

This knife is use for peeling fruits and vegetables or anything that requires a small blade.

• Chef Knife

• Serrated Knife

• Paring Knife

• Butter Knife