Cooking 101: Culinary School Lessons - Precision Knife Skills 🔪

[@FlavorsByAle]

Are you looking to up your cooking skills at home, or just enjoy learning about culinary techniques? Well then you’re at the right place 🔪👩‍🍳 I have so enjoyed taking you along my culinary school journey, teaching you new skills and techniques. Now I want to hone in on the key skills I learned and teach them to you at home. 😊 To kick things off we’re starting with the foundationals, and knife skills is at the top of the list!! Here are the key elements I talk about in the video: Blocking - squaring off all 4 sides of a round vegetable (feel free to save the scraps and repurpose them in other ways!!) Planks - large rectangular squares stemming from a blocked veg that sets the stage for the size cut you’re aiming for. Batonnet - a square edge rectangular block that is 1/4 of an inch along each cube side and about 1/4” x 1/4” x 2 1/2” Med dice - batonnet cut into even cubes, 1/2 inch all sides Julienne - a thin rectangular strip about 1/8” x 1/8” x 2 1/2” Brunoise - a small fine dice stemming from a julienne, 1/8” cube Knife: Damascus steel santoku from @7thdragonknifeworks

[@varunranglani9763]

I like your smile 🧿

[@kainatfatima1010]

Waiting for more content like this

[@yourfavecaitlyn]

I was just wondering what school did you got to because I'm trying to find one in nyc and I want to open a restaurant when I'm older and I have been watching your videos for a year or shorter

[@JaimesonTheGreat]

I have always wanted to go to culinary school. Thank you for videos like this. Quick question. What did you do with the excess potato after blocking?

[@heavenandrene]

Holy shit this is exactly what I needed

[@scientificcommenter2830]

Have you never cut food before?

[@heavenandrene]

@@scientificcommenter2830 no I haven't I live in a cave and just smash my food with a rock :D

[@pascalaregger3005]

you have a stone ?@@heavenandrene

[@Moonditch]

I've been looking for cooking 101 type content to level up my cooking skills! Very excited for future episodes. Great stuff 👍

[@danielpierce9876]

Go watch the thomas keller intro to cooking videos.

[@AwsomeIam123]

Girl I was with you when we were practicing diced potatoes in every video for almost a month. Look at you now, I could almost cry 😭

[@barnadas25]

Ikr 😭😭😭😭 I was there when she had videos "day 1 of culinary school" titled

[@Kt-cn2rq]

Lol oh man my mum showed me what she had to do I was like no I am way too impatient for that. She has her degree in culinary. I have my degree in Baking and pastry 😄

[@agaproductions6442]

Thanks for going to culinary school and making this channel to teach us so we don’t have to 😂😂😂👏🏾👏🏾

[@stevemill8959]

Look how she pivot right into her next channel. Love it!

[@Luca.Bruschetta]

I love so much, I've been here since the beginning, I'd live to see FULL LENGTH videos from you!!! We all would!

[@tpalmer4829]

Oh man!!! Knife skills and Vivaldi “Winter!” SO GREAT!!!

[@karendouglas1688]

Man, did this bring back memories of culinary arts school 🤦🏾‍♀️ Chef busting out the ruler on you to show you that its not cut right 🙃

[@Magda_7396]

What do they do with the leftover sides of the potato?

[@karendouglas1688]

@Magda_7396 they get trash mostly. Well, at least when I was in college, we did, but that was many moons ago. I guess you could recycle them for composting for a garden. It would be a great idea.

[@Magda_7396]

@@karendouglas1688 it's such a waste then. I thought you still cook it for the meals for the staff or something. So that means all these restaurants most probably throw away perfectly fine food. I don't even want to know how much other food they waste...

[@karendouglas1688]

@Magda_7396 no because most places don't use such small cuts. That's to practice. Most places that I worked at did feed the workers

[@petitecherie501]

This is precisely what I need. My knife skills are horrible. Part of it is due to hands and shoulders that do not work very well despite nice sharp knives I look forward to my knife skills getting much better and you are always an inspiration

[@xtracheesepls776]

You're a straight hustler!!! Love seeing the journey. You mastered the potato dice!

[@ayline.santana09]

i remember when you started culinary school, i would watch ALL of your videos which was only a few at the time and look how much you’ve grown! you graduated culinary school and now your using your platform to teach others what you know!! i’m so proud of how far you’ve come. keep it up😇😇

[@elizabethsmithakaelizabeth3332]

Did anyone else feel immense relief watching these videos, which demonstrated how much practicing was done to learn these knife skills? I constantly struggle with cutting potatoes so the cubes are uniform.

[@gabbo4696]

Congratulations!!!!🎉🎉🎉 This is very helpful thanks!!

[@danielasvideos2323]

Looking forward to this series !

[@EthanHyland]

Your chef's knife is your best friend in the kitchen. ☺️

[@JWJWJWJW]

I love this idea for a series because obviously it’s not gonna be you know like going to a culinary institution, but it will help so many people who either we’re not taught how to cook or who are looking to up the skills. They already have in cooking and so nice to just see people focusing on stuff like that you know being real and honestly she went to school. She just graduated and she wants to share and help other people. I love that.

[@KC-cr1yo]

Love this turn of events. Congrats on your graduation and thank you for sharing your skills. You go girl! 🎉

[@plumdizz895]

Ah, this brings me back to September of 2007 when I first stepped through the doors of culinary school. Couldn't help by notice that tourner knife on your cutting board. Knife Skills are so important but back when I was at school, they were very uptight about EXACT dimensions and the amount of stress of that and tourneeing potatoes did some serious damage to me mentally. I only wish I had had an instructor as calming and understanding as you, Alessandra. Love your videos and keep up the amazing work! 💜

[@britneykey8570]

I’m obsessed with her energy, and her professionalism, love love love this.

[@meme7191]

Thank you for breaking this down. I've been struggling with knife cuts like crazy and this seems to help me out a lot. 😌💕

[@emshell9332]

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Cannot wait for the rest of the series!!

[@ledadunlop7467]

Aaaw. Paying it forward. You are wonderful!

[@happysmith6666]

I honestly can’t think of anything online I’ve been this excited about in ages!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!

[@gman0136]

i needed this a half hour ago! lol. thanks for the upload

[@miss0petersburg]

FINALLY!!! Everybody does cooking but nobody does details!! ❤❤❤ Am excited to be part of your community and learn a bunch💐

[@Mattyjr25]

Your voice is like listening to a broken power sander

[@ceejay3054]

YAY! I was hoping you'd do this series

[@T-dog3]

I'm ten and love cooking and I'm excited about the rest of this series

[@justhereyeah1112]

This is exciting I was wondering what was next for you! Thank you for sharing! ❤

[@deepchillasmr6319]

You have no idea how much i love watching your videos you NEED your own show ❤❤❤

[@SunooThePeach]

Not me randomly stumbling into this vid the day before we were gonna do it in school unknowingly This was very helpful 👍

[@sheaflannery5581]

You’re awesome and this is SUCH a good idea to start this series. I’ve watched you since your first week of culinary school vlog and am so excited to learn more from you!

[@serak.7100]

Omg I am so hyped! Love this series already

[@morganbarlow5722]

i’m so unbelievably ready for this series ❤️‍🔥

[@SaraAli-bk4bs]

This is what social media should show us ❤ I'm so excited for this

[@unknownymoushomie8281]

Omg!! Thank you so much for this! I've been watching you since your first video. Your videos really helped me learn a lot. Ever since, it's been my dream to go to culinary school but we are not financially capable. I'm glad that I was able to experience culinary school through your videos. Btw, Congratulations 🎊

[@devindellerba1157]

Omg you are so amazing showing your audience this. Bravo Alessandra! From another fellow Italian, you make us proud!!!!! Ciao!

[@shyammohabir8283]

Just like your enthusiasm .. it's infectious

[@stephanieberry3081]

Love it .just came across you....can't wait to continue.. very informative

[@purpleamber1]

SUBSCRIBED! I'm so visual I needed this!!

[@meekmillet]

She’s like let me just do everything in cooking school again and try to make money

[@itsmegg8491]

Thank you so much this is actually amazing. I can’t afford to go to a culinary school right now and this is actually my dream I’ve been trying to work towards, this will be so helpful. I am so grateful thank you 🙏 ❤😊

[@annamaifriis]

The first thing I thought of was her necklace bc it’s the same necklace that Alexa has in Alexa & Katie

[@atchomama123]

Yesssss been waiting for you to do something like this!

[@okcoolwithme2284]

This is a bit of topic for this video, but I just saw your video of your journey the other day and my mind was blown! You deserve all the happiness and success in the world!! It’s great to see you living your dream!!

[@wing3789]

I need this series. Thank you!

[@Gracywaterton]

LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!! I’m gonna be here for every episode of this!!!!! I want to know EVERYTHING!!!! 🥰🥰

[@envii_2]

Yessss!!!! Looking forward to more from this series!!

[@jasontlewis74]

Just saw your videos last week, now subscribed. Congratulations on your diploma from culinary school. Looking forward to seeing more tips😊

[@archigirlE]

This is great and I will likely be following just as frequent as your culinary school experience. However, it would be really really nice if you could also use metric system (maybe write it on the screen) when explaining sizes and numbers, for your European followers such as myself. Its tough to follow in inches and so xD thank you and good luck with your new series 😊☀️

[@natw842]

Thank you ! Will try it !❤❤❤

[@Truly_Willow]

So cool looking at how much you have grown in knowledge since the beginning!

[@mcg27]

You are great and this channel is great. Thanks for the lessons, chef!

[@MikeDollar]

May have watched this like 8 times… thnx for the breakdown

[@josephpaluba628]

Bravo! Good for you and I wish you the best as you progress on this journey. You got it!

[@blueberryara28]

this brought back my trauma from last year in culinary. waiting with a ruler next to me on my station so chef could come and check sizes on my veggies

[@karenbibby5398]

Love it! You are not only a talented chef but also a fantastic youtuber!

[@samanthamitchellprete5646]

I'm 28 and finally ready to learning and cook more than just my ma and Nonna recipes 😊 ❤

[@futuredirected]

Thank You, Alessandra! I love this! ❤❤❤

[@WhiteCrownlessQueen]

I'm so hyped for these series!❤❤❤

[@nameschyna]

oh yes ma’am! you had me at culinary school now straight to teaching us. drop some aprons and tell me where you get the knives. im invested atp

[@minnaabdelkader1945]

Love this!!! Thanks!!

[@grasshopperpopper2]

Congratulations on graduating !! Keep it up 💪 I enjoy watching your cooking videos

[@angelacampana7058]

Congratulations, I’m so happy you graduated and I’m thrilled you’re doing this new series, it’s always fun to learn and hone skills and from what I e seen you’re an amazing chef👍👍👍 Thank you so much, I’m looking forward to this🙏 Have a wonderful day♥️💫✨👼🏻✨💫♥️👩🏻‍🍳🔪

[@Bloodshed_Silence]

And for those who don’t quite understand dice sizes, a small dice is 1/4x1/4x1/4, a medium dice is 1/2x1/2x1/2 and a large dice is 3/4x3/4x3/4. Some lovely tips for beginners! I love it

[@nikhil120783]

i can’t wait to see more! this is a great series! love from katie! ❤❤

[@nenybuns]

I am excited for your future culinary career here on YT (and IRL ofc!!). And huge congratulations to your degree ofc!! 🎉 I love your channel and Learning more about cooking :)

[@beckyc6918]

I’m sooo excited to watch ❤🎉 Thank you chef 👩‍🍳

[@FlagCutie]

Oooo! I'm decent at chopping, but now I'm gonna have to practice all of these to add to the beauty of my dishes! ❤

[@canadiancatgreen]

I remember learning these sadly i have a hand eye corination thing that makes me slower. I stiill remember learning these. Most took me longer Julien or matchstick ones I was somehow actually faster. I might not have the speed to be a chef but I still love food and enjoy cooking

[@nancykane8680]

Congratulations!! Thanks for this

[@meredithmacdonald6796]

Perfect! So helpful.😊

[@serialbets]

Graduating culinary school makes you a pro chef? Give me a good dishwasher over a new grad anyday.

[@almightyswizz]

wait wait, we need an episode just for all the words and terms you are using, please

[@aleksandrakrol8874]

Thank you for your passion, we love it!

[@patriciamoradamacabulos8506]

Omg I NEEEEDED THIS! I didn’t even know about blocking. Instant subscribe - and your other content is amazing too!

[@crystalpeach]

'If you want a bad neck' As someone that went to culinary school, I felt that

[@misslilyiris04]

Watched your culinary school series and it's a pleasure to have seen you grow into a professional. You've got a fan in me and I'm so proud of you, this is so cool 💛

[@jetaniiadams511]

Love love love your channel!! I will def be using your videos for my assisted living home for the elderly for cooking demos

[@burritoskater]

She’s not a professional, but she is doing great things

[@thefriendlyfoodies7860]

You are so talented 😮

[@shekrahman2118]

Love it, and congratulations on graduation!!!

[@CVTinPhx]

Yay! Now we get to go to culinary school, too! 🎉

[@paultorres1384]

Nice just what I was looking for!

[@aengusprice8869]

thank you so much this is amazing!!!

[@heathergreen1550]

I see you living your dreams and even though I don’t know you I’m very proud of you! You have such a fun spirit about you and I know you will do great things! Congratulations for following your dreams.

[@stephaniegrabau7289]

This is so intriguing

[@stacyh7266]

Thank you!

[@adamw8469]

Fantastic idea!

[@tjanese5680]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS. AWESOME❤

[@jacobegenes9181]

Keep it up!!!! I'm about to graduate culinary school next month!!

[@TannerGonzalez]

I love this!!!

[@nicholasschwarz3628]

Love this, you should do a video on how to hold the knife properly

[@Binstabih]

Adorable apron omg

[@alightswitch777]

I JUST graduated from culinary school and now I think I’m a PRO 😜

[@olgacruz4726]

IM HERE FOR THIS CHEF

[@sigh824]

Lmao I didn’t even recognize her until she cut to the culinary school videos congratulations!!!

[@tinyelephant77]

Thanks!

[@annaelina6146]

More!! We need more!!!

[@turkeydoctor5546]

you forgot to have a box of bandaids on the counter, cause yeah us regular folk gonna be needing those 😂😂

[@mattchooblink]

Thank you 🙏