Knives

Can you identify the knife shown in the picture?

• Large cooks knife

• Paring knife

• Boning knife

• Maurice

The item of equipment pictured is called a butchers steel, but what is it used for?

• Sharpening and honing the blades on knives

• To remove the sharp edge so the knife doesn't cut you

• Used to tenderise meat

• To sharpen completely blunt knives

If you had to prepare a whole fish what knife and other piece of equipment would you use?

• Filleting knife & tweezers

• Cooks Knife & tweezers

• Paring Knife & turning knife

• Trussing needle & Maurice

Can you identify the knife shown in the picture?

• Boning knife

• Paring knife

• Carving knife

• Turning knife

Can you identify the knife shown in the picture?

• Pallet knife

• Turning knife

• Filleting knife

• Carving knife

Can you identify the pictured equipment?

• Pastry brush

• Spatula

• Maurice

• Peeler

Can you identify the pictured equipment?

• Plastic spatula

• Maurice

• Peeler

• Trussing needle

Can you identify the pictured equipment?

• Maurice

• Trussing needle

• Plastic spatula

• Peeler

As professional chefs it is important to store and maintain knives correctly for which of the following reasons?

• Sharp knives help minimise accidents and injuries as well as improving efficiency and accuracy. Clean and correctly stored knives reduce the risk of cross contamination and damage.

• Having sharp and clean knives makes you look good in the kitchen in front of the other chefs.

Can you identify the pictured equipment?

• Speed peeler

• Peeler

• Trussing needle

• Maurice