A chef must know how to knife, turn over the pan, correctly identify and master the oil temperature, feed accurately and timely, master the temperature, thicken, cook in time, plate loading and so on.

In the chef's profession, knife skills, spoon skills, paste-pumping and chop-picking are generally regarded as the necessary basic skills for chefs to get started, and in the people engaged in the cooking profession, the basic skills of cooking are all regarded as compulsory courses, and they are always unremitting.

At the same time, learning chef needs certain cultural knowledge, certain endurance and judgment. Learning chef cooking can be applied to relevant cooking school, or go directly to catering service places with the chef.

what you need to learn as a chef is constant training, constant summarization and persistent long-term practice. Learning to be a chef is a science. As long as you work hard, you can learn a craft in a year or two.

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Chef's basic skills

1. Knife skill is a key part of cooking, and you need to practice frequently to master it skillfully. How to hold the knife and how to stand, are all exquisite, not careless, otherwise, the processed dishes will not meet the requirements of finished products.

2. Spoon skill is very important. The so-called spoon skill is the action of turning the spoon when cooking dishes. Spoon skills include pushing, pulling, turning, jumping and turning according to the strength and direction of the processed dishes. Whether a dish can be recognized by diners can be said to be a spoonful of life and death. Whether you can master the skill of spoon flexibly and make delicious dishes is by no means a day's work.

3. Pastry is a key part of cooking. The pastry here is not the usual steamed buns and dumplings. Pastry making requires not only delicious food but also beautiful appearance. The preparation of pastry shape, the time control of steaming, baking and frying, etc. If possible, we should further learn how to make cakes, make western cakes and squeeze various cream decorations.