Knives

• Different knives and their uses

  • Paring knife
  • Vegetable knife
  • Palette knife
  • Table knife
  • Chef's knife
  • Serrated knife
• Paring knife

  Used for cutting, slicing, and shredding vegetables and fruit
• Palette knife

  Used for lifting foods from trays and spreading icing for a smooth finish
• Table knife

  Used for spreading and mixing liquids into dry ingredients
• Chef's knife

  Has a flexible blade to remove flesh from fish
• Chef's knife

  Used for cutting foods like meat
• Serrated knife

  Used for slicing bread
• The serrated knife has a flexible blade making it easier to remove flesh from the bones on meat and fish