nancy3•4d ago

The day a sous chef pointed out I was holding my knife totally wrong

Honestly, I've been working the line for about 4 years now and always thought my knife grip was fine. Then last month, this older sous chef watched me breaking down a case of bell peppers and just said 'you're choking the blade, man.' He showed me how I was pinching too far forward and not using my knuckles as a guide. Took me like 3 days to unlearn the bad habit but now my cuts are way more even and my wrist doesn't ache after a 10-hour shift. Anybody else get called out for a basic thing they'd been doing wrong for years?

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seth_nguyen4d agoProlific Poster

I saw this video from a professional chef where he said something like 90% of kitchen cooks have the wrong grip. It's wild how something so basic can mess with your whole workflow for years without you even knowing. Glad the sous chef caught it before you did permanent damage to your wrist, honestly.

margaret_lane4d ago

Funny how bad habits just sneak up on you like that in everything.