How To Hold A Chef’s Knife

There is no other aspect more important to knife skills than knowing how to hold a chef’s knife properly.

Start by slipping your middle finger up behind the bolster of the knife, (that’s where the blade connects to the handle). Wrap your ring and pinky finger around the handle of the knife.

Next, grab the blade of your knife by pinching it in between your thumb and index finger.

This is what it looks like from the other side.

By chocking up on your knife and using a professional grip, you will have much more control over the blade of your knife, giving you better overall accuaracy. What a lot of amateur cooks do, is they hold their knife in a fist like fashion, with all four fingers and their thumb wrapped around the handle. By holding your knife in a fist, you really lose control over your blade.

Your knife should always be held in a nice, relaxed fashion. Holding the knife too firmly will make your cuts much less accurate.

If you practice your professional grip however, you knife skills will improve enormously.

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