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Showerthought: Watching a line cook fix my station made me realize my knife skills were holding me back
I was working a Friday night service at this little Italian place downtown last month when the head chef stopped by my station during a lull. He watched me dicing onions for maybe 30 seconds, then just said "hand me your knife" and showed me the claw grip in a way that clicked instantly. I had been using a pinch grip that was way too tight, wasting motion on every cut. He timed me on an onion before and after - 90 seconds down to 45 just from letting the blade do the work. Has anyone else had a senior cook totally reset how you hold a knife just by showing you once?
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felix_thomas731mo ago
Yeah but @noahs82, that 'one tweak' idea ignores how muscle memory takes real time to rebuild and sticking with bad habits is harder to break than folks admit.
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noahs821mo ago
It's wild how one small tweak from someone who knows their stuff can save you that much time, happens with everything from typing to driving.
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