LCB - Lesson ONE

"Knife drills, general hygiene procedures"

New students were like chicken without its head.
All of us were like trapped in a maze, the school is HUGE!

When everyone was in the demonstration class, the chef introduced himself with a light German accent. Chef Werner with a greyish mustache kindly explained the basic knife skills such as cuts of Julienne, Brunoise, Jardiere and many more... then showed us how to make bouquet garni.

After the demo class we all headed downstairs to have a go.
Some guys were really fast with their knives but not all of them were fast and accurate. But there were one or two who were fast and precise with their cuts.
Unfortunately several people cut his/her fingers, but for them it really did not matter at all, they quickly washed and covered their wounds and went right back to their chopping block as if they went to the toilet during watching a movie and came back to the lounge as soon as possible not to miss any part of the movie.

Well, the Demo class was like watching a cooking show, it was pure entertainment!

Tomorrow we're gonna make FONDS (stocks) which means foundation in French. Yes Stock is foundation for many types of Western & Eastern foods!
All these tasty and hearty soup was born thanks to fond!