Knife Skills 101: A Hands-On Workshop - 2:30-4:00pm
Sat, Feb 22
|Dominion Lakeside Community Room
Join Chris Mercer, Head Chef of The Post Taphouse and A Sharp Knife's Laurie Clouston for a hands-on 90-minute workshop on proper knife handling, essential cuts, and knife care. Learn the secrets to keeping your blades sharp and help create (and eat!) a delicious potato leek soup.


Time & Location
Feb 22, 2025, 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Dominion Lakeside Community Room, 20 Lake Ave, St. John's, NL A1A 1H4, Canada
About the event
Ever feel like your knife skills are a little...dull? Wish you knew the right way to chop an onion or keep your blades razor sharp? Then join us for a delicious and informative 90-minute class!
We're teaming up to bring you Knife Skills 101 - A Hands On Workshop. Chris Mercer, Head Chef of The Post Taphouse, will guide you through the essentials: proper knife handling, safe cutting board setup, and vegetable prep techniques, with a dash of mise en place magic. Laurie Clouston of A Sharp Knife will demystify the world of kitchen knives: helping you learn how to tell when your knives need sharpening, giving you tips for how to build out a kitchen knife collection, and teaching you the "secret weapon" for keeping those blades in top condition: the honing steel.
Get ready for a "learn by doing" adventure! We'll work together around the table to create a…