Mastering Knife Skills: How to Slice & Dice like a Pro
| Event Date: | Monday, February 15th 2010 at 06:30 pm |
| Instructor: | Chef Olive |
| Price: | $65.00 |
| Duration: | 3 hours |
About the Class
Join our resident knife skills experts in this fun & informative class on the most important cooking tool in the kitchen. Learn the techniques & tricks to become confident with an array of cuts including slicing, dicing, mincing, chopping, julienne & oblique. Also explore topics such as sharpening & honing, choosing the right knife for you & the differences in cutting boards.
About the Instructor(s)
Chef Olive
One of the East Bay’s popular culinary personalities, Olivier Said is the co-founder of the acclaimed KITCHEN ON FIRE cooking school, located two doors away from Alice Waters’ landmark Chez Panisse Restaurant in the heart of Berkeley’s famed Gourmet Ghetto.
Prior to opening KoF in March 2006, Olivier Said spent eight years as an owner and bartender for Berkeley’s popular Cesar Tapas Bar. He has also co-authored two highly-successful books – CESAR: Recipes from a Tapas Bar, named one of the Top 10 Cookbooks of 2003 by Food & Wine magazine, and THE BAR: A Spirited Guide to Cocktail Alchemy. And Said had a regular column in TRUMP magazine and is a contributor to READY MADE magazine.
