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Chop, slice and dice like a line cook

Hold a chef’s knife safely, keep it sharp, and learn the cuts every recipe asks for: dice, mince, julienne and chiffonade.

By the end you’ll have made: A bowl of fresh salsa, every vegetable cut by you

Time to learn

≈ 4 h 36 min

That’s about 31 soft-boiled eggs.

54 min watching · 3 h 9 min practising · 33 min on quizzes and games

3 modules · 11 lessons

Start lesson one

Modules

  1. Week 1Hold it, keep it sharp

    ≈ 1 h 27 min · 10 soft-boiled eggs
    1. Hold a chef’s knife1:36
    2. Basic knife skills8:13
    3. Use a honing steel3:03
    4. Sharpen a dull knife5:58
    5. Hold it, keep it sharp gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up

  2. Week 2The core cuts

    ≈ 2 h 2 min · 14 soft-boiled eggs
    1. Slice, dice and julienne6:34
    2. Dice an onion1:15
    3. Mince garlic fast0:59
    4. Nine essential knife skills (part 1 of 2)6:30
    5. Nine essential knife skills (part 2 of 2)6:40
    6. The core cuts gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up

  3. Week 3Put it together

    ≈ 1 h 7 min · 7 soft-boiled eggs
    1. The three knife skills everyone should know (part 1 of 2)6:33
    2. The three knife skills everyone should know (part 2 of 2)6:43
    3. Put it together gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up