Types of Chef's Knives and Their Uses

Front

chopping, slicing, dicing vegetables, meat, herbs

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Chef’s knife

Front

trimming, precise cutting of fruits and vegetables

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Paring knife

Front

edge; slicing bread, cakes, pastries without crushing

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Bread knife

Front

bones from meat, poultry, fish; flexible blade

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Boning knife

Front

flexible blade; filleting fish, delicate slicing

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Filleting knife

Front

cooked meats, roasts, poultry; long, thin blade

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Carving knife

Front

purpose; slicing sandwiches, small fruits, vegetables

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Utility knife

Front

blade; chopping through bones, tough vegetables

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Cleaver

Front

style; chopping, dicing, mincing vegetables, fish, meat

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Santoku knife

Front

serrated; slicing tomatoes, soft fruits without squashing

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Tomato knife