All about Chinese cleavers
Get to know your blades. Learn which knives belong in a Cantonese kitchen and how to care for them between meals.
Chinese Knife Skills 101
Get comfortable with a Chinese cleaver and the cuts behind your favorite dishes. Build knife skills you can practice with every meal.
Included with all 21 courses. Learn at your pace. Lifetime access.
Inside the course
How should you hold a Chinese cleaver?
Confidence starts with how you hold the knife. Watch Daddy Lau break down the handling skills behind controlled, steady cuts.
How each knife cut changes your food
One ingredient, many ways to cut it. Learn ten essential techniques and see how a different cut can change your cooking.
How to build consistency
Build better habits with every practice session. Learn how to work safely with your knife and keep improving at your own pace.
Member access also includes printouts and additional resources.
Try a lesson with Daddy Lau.
A free preview of “How each knife cut changes your food”. Get a feel for the teaching before you join.
Watch, pause, and practice with Daddy Lau.
Watch at your own pace, pause to practice, and revisit the lesson as you build your skills.
Explore this lessonPrint it. Keep it close. Refresh what you learned.
Your membership includes printable lesson transcripts and written Mastery Recipe instructions for “Chinese Knife Skills 101”. Read along, cook from the printed recipe, or refresh a technique without replaying the video.
A peek inside this course’s PDF. Full-size documents are included with Club access.
Put it into practice.
Bring the techniques together in this Mastery Recipe.
Smashed Cucumber Salad
Put your knife skills to work in a refreshing cucumber salad. A simple dish gives you room to focus on the cuts.
From reading the recipe to understanding the cut.
“I've been slowly working through the videos while I prep for dinner. I was immediately more confident understanding what recipes were asking for (e.g. roll-cut versus batons). The more I practice along with Daddy Lau, the more confident I get with the actual motions, and I love that I can repeat videos over and over with different vegetables and cuts of meat that I want to prep.”
ValFavorite lesson: “How each knife cut changes your food”
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My name is Val; I'm from Massachusetts and I subscribed to the Canto Cooking Club to work on my knife skills! I am a fairly proficient home cook, I am confident in the kitchen but I have always felt like I needed some help with my knife skills. I've been slowly working through the videos while I prep for dinner. I was immediately more confident understanding what recipes were asking for (e.g. roll-cut versus batons). The more I practice along with Daddy Lau, the more confident I get with the actual motions, and I love that I can repeat videos over and over with different vegetables and cuts of meat that I want to prep.
Know what to do and why it works.
Learn the techniques behind the recipe, then bring them to your own kitchen. Your membership includes the whole course library.
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One payment gives you lifetime access to the prerecorded courses. Pause, practice, and return whenever you need a refresher. Already a member? Log in to your lessons.
What if it isn’t right for me?
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