Potato Tourne Technique

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  • Опубліковано 23 вер 2010
  • Impress your family and friends with a technique that can help make you look like a culinary professional. It is called a Tourne. Tourne refers to "turned" vegetables cut into a football shape with seven equal sides and ends left flat. It is great for roasting, steaming, or boiling. You can use them in a variety of ways. Chef Jon-Paul Hutchins from Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts demonstrates this cooking technique.
    For the knife positioning, place across the pad of the hand with the forefinger wrapped around the blade. Not touching the sharp end of the blade but holding it in place.
    When making the cut, take the potato and peel it. Then cut the ends off. All the trimmings can be used later to make mash potatoes or potato soup. So keep them. Slice the potato down the middle. Pick up the potato and turn the potato into the knife. It is the same motion as taking the lid off a peanut butter jar. The motion is to squeeze the knife into the potato.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 246

  • @chelleybelly
    @chelleybelly 8 років тому +542

    He makes it look so damn easy. This is every culinary student's nightmare.

    • @nguyensongminh239
      @nguyensongminh239 8 років тому +12

      +Michelle Meany well it took me 2 hours to grasp the concept, then 4 days to perfect it lol

    • @ryanskiiie7387
      @ryanskiiie7387 8 років тому +3

      We will start this tourne next week ang I got all the pressures coming from the internet 😅

    • @_Alimm
      @_Alimm 8 років тому +10

      +Michelle Meany oh my god yes I have to do this for my final

    • @yocamflores2217
      @yocamflores2217 8 років тому +2

      agreed.

    • @AnimatorsatWork
      @AnimatorsatWork 7 років тому +3

      Agreed. The homework for my Garde Manger class is to cut 2 pounds of a classic cut on potatoes. This week was 2 pounds of julienne potatoes and 10 tourne potatoes.

  • @monelleny
    @monelleny 6 років тому +62

    For all of you who need to complain about the "waste," the chef told you he was going to use the leftover pieces to make soup or mashed potatoes. Thanks so much for videos, these are a real works of art!

    • @anthonydeacon881
      @anthonydeacon881 3 роки тому +7

      It's not the waste of potato that would bother me, it's bloody waste of time! Like quenelles: complete waste of time. Get an icecream scoop!

  • @anthonymanzo9880
    @anthonymanzo9880 7 років тому +58

    this is a punishment cut. you know some chef back in the day was having a go at one of his cooks.

  • @popatop75
    @popatop75 7 років тому +87

    thanks for the vid but it reminds me of a cartoon of cutting down a 200 foot tree and milling it into a single toothpick lol. but seriously thanks for the lesson

  • @MelikaAsadzadeh
    @MelikaAsadzadeh 7 років тому +237

    then you continue to turn until almost nothing left of the poor potato ...

    • @victormarellano1348
      @victormarellano1348 4 роки тому

      Melika A pinché pendeja por eso tragas garnachas

    • @mahbuddykeith1124
      @mahbuddykeith1124 3 роки тому +1

      I'm in this photo and I don't like it.

    • @Dragon-Slay3r
      @Dragon-Slay3r 11 місяців тому

      👳‍♀️😎

    • @LordVex47
      @LordVex47 11 місяців тому

      That's upscale for you, eat elsewhere if you want bigger portions, or at a big portion upscale

  • @vitchpls1979
    @vitchpls1979 8 років тому +42

    My assignment is so make 20 potatoes like this and so far mine looks like spongebob

  • @dAfoodie101
    @dAfoodie101 6 років тому +18

    seeing all of these comments makes me want to learn it even before i get into culinary school lol

    • @evanfmc
      @evanfmc 2 роки тому

      literally me, im not a culinary student just work in restaurants, have since high school. you bust this out your culinary teacher will LOVE you

  • @loriemaehondo6063
    @loriemaehondo6063 4 роки тому +9

    watching this in 2019 before starting my culinary career! wish me luck, dear god of potatoes

    • @BabyBoomersDoomer
      @BabyBoomersDoomer 2 роки тому +2

      It’s been two years. Did you win over the potatoes?

  • @AnnM223
    @AnnM223 7 років тому +44

    Whoever invented this was crazy!

    • @jaiguru9538
      @jaiguru9538 7 років тому +13

      I'd bet fucktons of money it was made to impress dim, bored rich people with nothing better to do.

    • @hitmorelicks-gamingskating1856
      @hitmorelicks-gamingskating1856 11 місяців тому

      @@jaiguru9538Easiest money you’d ever make

  • @aleniey
    @aleniey 8 років тому +95

    makes me want to quit culinary

    • @fatmanvidz
      @fatmanvidz 6 років тому +1

      Alen Matibag re fucking tweet

    • @chulaloveshaters
      @chulaloveshaters 5 років тому +2

      Alen Matibag should’ve quit a long time ago

    • @Tstreet91
      @Tstreet91 5 років тому +7

      @@chulaloveshaters yo wtf is yo problem y u so negative

    • @Obiwancolenobi
      @Obiwancolenobi 3 роки тому

      @@chulaloveshaters Imagine being this big of a piece of shit.

    • @chulaloveshaters
      @chulaloveshaters 3 роки тому

      @@Tstreet91 how when I’m saying I should’ve quit a long time ago??? LMFAO read the comment right

  • @zacharynascimento3921
    @zacharynascimento3921 2 місяці тому +1

    This is the skill I'm learning this week in culinary class...

  • @JayAlice04
    @JayAlice04 11 років тому +5

    This helped out a lot! I have to do a practical on my knife cuts in two weeks. Thanks, Chef!!!

  • @erinm5386
    @erinm5386 5 років тому +3

    Thank you Chef. Wonderful demo.

  • @ashleydayna2730
    @ashleydayna2730 11 років тому +3

    Just learned how to do this today. He makes this look so easy

  • @MrArtudtoo
    @MrArtudtoo 9 років тому +10

    Chef, you make it look so easy...I need so much more practice. I'd say this technique is more about separating those with a certain level of higher quality culinary training and/or experience from those without. Of course, I'm saying that as a novice, separated by this (and some more CA schooling and an actual cooking job) from being a pro (yet). I might have to do these on my practical, 50/50 chance (day after tomorrow, yikes!), I've got the rough shape okay but the 7 cuts exactly is going to take some time. Thank you very much for making this video and sharing your tips, all of the detail given in this short video is quite impressive.

  • @sangitamondalFoodLovers
    @sangitamondalFoodLovers 9 років тому +4

    Thank you chef, thank you so much

  • @oliviaellett995
    @oliviaellett995 4 роки тому

    thank you so much for uploading this video!

  • @JacksonX94
    @JacksonX94 11 років тому

    Thanks Chef!!! My practical is tomorrow and I have to do a tourne of a potato, hopefully I'll ace this =)

  • @sbj9210
    @sbj9210 12 років тому

    I will be using your method to practice and for my test next week.

  • @dwaynehendricks7842
    @dwaynehendricks7842 2 роки тому

    Of course, he's a chef and has done this thousands of times so of course he's gonna make it look easy!

  • @tomasbermea
    @tomasbermea 10 років тому

    i've been struggling with this cut, and i haven't been able to make it to skills lab lately. so having this video to watch and practice alongside is probably going to save me on my knife practical tonight.

  • @superduperbanana
    @superduperbanana 7 років тому +24

    hello fellow culinary school students! in case you were wondering, they DO get easier to make

  • @thepurplewitch2118
    @thepurplewitch2118 12 років тому +5

    Ugh i just switched from using a paring knife to a tourne knife and my final is tomorrow. Going to do a bag of potatoes tonight and hopefully ace this thing! Nice vid! Thank you Chef!

    • @bilethumper1912
      @bilethumper1912 9 місяців тому

      did you pass

    • @feqol
      @feqol 8 місяців тому

      @@bilethumper1912 lmao im curious too

  • @littlewoman7003
    @littlewoman7003 2 роки тому

    So cool!

  • @temoka.
    @temoka. 3 роки тому +3

    Mastercheften geldim

  • @ricardootiniano8315
    @ricardootiniano8315 6 років тому +20

    The trick is to have a very sharp knife, if you don't know how to shape your knife as a razor don't even try it. The next thing is to do it fast! This chef takes his time to explain the movement but notice how uneven the sides are with their ridges, the longer you take to make the turn the more ridges you'll make, so try to do it fast. Notice also where he starts, that's the correct place to start. And finally, get big potatoes, that way you won't end up with a tiny tourne like his. Practice a lot, sharp those knives and you'll do ok.

  • @Twinkler200
    @Twinkler200 13 років тому

    Learning this in School. First day of doing this was today. Tourne knife is so difficult! OMG Had to go home and practice on 4 potatoes.

  • @cchefcook
    @cchefcook 13 років тому +2

    oh man, He makes it look so easy! In class, day one was a chunky wobbly looking thing, that was once a potato. Day two, I made better looking ones, tho still a bit on the wobbly side. I'll try his method tomorrow. :)

  • @wdya7373
    @wdya7373 3 роки тому

    Thanks a lot for the video andchef of course

  • @vienpachyderm7682
    @vienpachyderm7682 10 років тому

    thank you it helps me:) hope theres more

  • @iseriawatson753
    @iseriawatson753 8 років тому +7

    Thanks for this video. Almost cut my thumb off today!

    • @jaiguru9538
      @jaiguru9538 7 років тому +12

      Fry it up with a little olive oil (and a pat of butter to raise the smoke point of the oil, until it's golden brown. Season with cayanne and just a dusting of hungarian paprika. Serve it with some of these retarded french wasto potatos.

  • @TrinettaLaroux
    @TrinettaLaroux 10 років тому

    Thank you

  • @fnhs90
    @fnhs90 7 років тому +86

    Wtf is the point of that lol, it's just a smaller potato?

    • @Ryuulinh
      @Ryuulinh 7 років тому +14

      skill and presentation.

    • @adolpino
      @adolpino 7 років тому +32

      But it deosn't even look good, it looks like small potato xD

    • @danelia4158
      @danelia4158 5 років тому +7

      adolpino once it’s cooked it looks incredible fancy and beautiful. It’s about traditional French cooking

    • @toekneeevans
      @toekneeevans 4 роки тому +10

      To separate the professionals from the novices apparently.

  • @fayebuley3208
    @fayebuley3208 7 років тому +12

    I have to do this in my exam next week but I'm so bad at it 😂

    • @CartoonKidOLLY
      @CartoonKidOLLY 5 років тому

      Faye Buley BRUH ME TO

    • @cullanom
      @cullanom 5 років тому +1

      I did it yesterday and boy my chef was disappointed but its my first time ever so I'm good

  • @francisdl22
    @francisdl22 3 роки тому +2

    Took me 2 weeks to learn this skill and to pass my exam. I had to do 10 of these. Height of 7cm and between 15-25g each. Just practice at school and at home👌🏻

  • @aricg03
    @aricg03 4 роки тому

    he makes this look easy

  • @captureholic
    @captureholic 10 років тому +5

    have to do this cut for my practical ugh

  • @hauyaohuiify
    @hauyaohuiify 7 років тому +38

    It looks easy but it's actually the complete opposite of it

  • @ShakeMyWay
    @ShakeMyWay 10 років тому +58

    Looks great, but what a waste of potato!

    • @AnimatorsatWork
      @AnimatorsatWork 7 років тому +11

      That's why restaurants don't do this anymore. Or they make the scraps into mash.

    • @yugiboy211
      @yugiboy211 6 років тому +8

      Didn't u hear, he said you can use the scraps for mash or for soup or another purpose

    • @JasonCheungNY
      @JasonCheungNY 6 років тому

      chaosflame21 $

  • @graleh
    @graleh 3 роки тому +1

    I have never seen potatoes looking like that when eating out. Or maybe I haven't noticed :D

  • @toddbob55
    @toddbob55 3 роки тому +2

    When i learned this in Culinary school mine looked all sorts of F' D up LOL practice practice

  • @jayknowswhy
    @jayknowswhy Рік тому

    He was my chef at school!!!! 🎉❤

  • @johnalferio3146
    @johnalferio3146 4 роки тому +3

    I did this today in class. It’s a pain in the ass! I went through like 4 potatoes trying to cut this, and of course when I finally had cut a nice one it fell on the floor ☹️

  • @ColonelRuiz
    @ColonelRuiz 12 років тому

    Thankyou Chef, my exams are on monday :)

  • @ysaiyad
    @ysaiyad 12 років тому

    man i got to get this technique right !!!

  • @LoksPH
    @LoksPH 12 років тому

    our exam is on monday! i need to do 200pcs of tournet. thank you Chef!

  • @GeoUkulele
    @GeoUkulele 8 років тому +2

    its upmost challenging i have learn this by the end of the semester

  • @tomasbermea
    @tomasbermea 10 років тому

    our practical is tonight and i'm still struggling. hopefully i get this down as well.

  • @itskajeric
    @itskajeric 10 місяців тому

    thank you chef
    lmao🤣

  • @wdya7373
    @wdya7373 3 роки тому

    2020 still wacth this

  • @homes24
    @homes24 10 років тому +1

    This is something that is pretty simple, its been around for gazillions of ages. Atleast in european countries

  • @wolfaliceinchains
    @wolfaliceinchains 4 роки тому

    I have to do this tomorrow at culinary school, hoping I have a better time with this than y’all in the comments 🙃

  • @cloudelk6059
    @cloudelk6059 Рік тому

    I remember when I was an army cook. They sent me to advance cooking school they showed this cut; there were like 8 of us; I would say that 5 out 8 us ( i was one of the 3) were able to get that cut down, but man, I remember that SFC that was in charge of the class told if you master this cut and you can be a millionaire.

  • @user-yh4pg2bd6i
    @user-yh4pg2bd6i 7 місяців тому

    Hey Chef can you please explain why you are using a paring knife to turn the potatoes rather than a specific turning knife which is designed for this process. Right knife for the right job

  • @madthumbs1564
    @madthumbs1564 10 років тому

    Was looking for a video demonstrating the use of a Tournee Knife (aka bird's beak). What is it with LeCordon Bleu and dull knives? (Other one I saw was that lady on the Cooking with Jack show where she sawed through an onion).

    • @jaiguru9538
      @jaiguru9538 7 років тому

      It's what happens when an organization becomes the victim of self imposed entropy by dick riding its own name for too long.

  • @zeetstweets
    @zeetstweets 3 роки тому +2

    "How to waste half a potato" Technique

  • @christiangonzalez4591
    @christiangonzalez4591 10 років тому +1

    LCB Pasadena! :D

  • @clint.ontherange
    @clint.ontherange 4 роки тому

    I live in the midwest, but damn, dat tourne doh...

  • @JamilSantiago
    @JamilSantiago 12 років тому

    I will need A LOT of potatoes.

  • @niicaliim
    @niicaliim 10 років тому +1

    Tomorrow is our practical. Huhu. Help!!!

  • @shrutigupta4317
    @shrutigupta4317 6 років тому

    Which knife to use fr this cut chef

  • @Mariahulfahofficial
    @Mariahulfahofficial 2 роки тому

    10 years a go
    im wathcing this is video
    2021

  • @degitatrilarasati4017
    @degitatrilarasati4017 3 роки тому +6

    Kesini gara2 liat chalengs masterchef

  • @biasedjedi4353
    @biasedjedi4353 3 роки тому +1

    Would a pizza cut like that be called a “Tourne-Dough?”

  • @deondrestone1451
    @deondrestone1451 7 років тому +35

    This absolutely is the biggest waste of time I have ever seen. My culinary teacher has worked in a bunch of French restaurants for almost 20 years and she told me she's only done it about three times at work. Waste of potato and an even bigger waste of time.

    • @edmaxwell257
      @edmaxwell257 5 років тому

      It let's the potato cook evenly while still looking fancy for platting. I know it's kinda wasteful but the scraps are saved to make either family meal (food for staff), or something else for the menu such as a potato soup of sorts!

    • @MrBenSampson
      @MrBenSampson 5 років тому +3

      That's what I don't understand. With profit margins being so small in restaurants, this cut takes a lot of time, and wastes a lot of material. Oh well. My exam is in two days, so time to practice.

    • @edmaxwell257
      @edmaxwell257 5 років тому +3

      @@MrBenSampson Like fluting mushrooms, this cut is never used professionally (except for maybe a few pretentious places). It's more of a test to see who is serious about becoming a chef. The dedication and practice it takes to master the tournee or the flute, is really telling of the person preforming it and the knife skills they posses.

  • @typoint
    @typoint 5 років тому

    When I was in culinary school I hated doing this. I attended the Culinary Institute LeNorte and those French chefs took this very serious

  • @davecardenas
    @davecardenas 12 років тому

    You can even get as many as eight out of one potato if you cut it in half and then quarter the two halves. Then you cut an eye shape out of it and smooth out the edges. The technique shown here is correct though.

  • @turtlefoxtail8879
    @turtlefoxtail8879 5 років тому

    My culinary teacher said she’d give us 100% if we can do this right. We’re only in high school and this is are first year of culinary class 😆

  • @adolpino
    @adolpino 7 років тому +1

    So this is what separates amateurs for professionals? Thank you very much, I will stay amateur....

  • @clrmadura1
    @clrmadura1 9 років тому

    Not as easyvas it looks but, i g I ess mow im at a new level

  • @cutelena13
    @cutelena13 3 роки тому

    My mid term exam is in 1 hour and a part of the exam are potatos tourne, 5cm 50gr I AM ABOUT TO DIE

  • @MrRealData
    @MrRealData 3 роки тому

    116 angry prep cooks disliked this (with bandaged fingers)

  • @Anonanaz
    @Anonanaz 13 років тому

    I noticed he was using a Paring knife and not the Tourne knife! :o why?

  • @jordanfabish8286
    @jordanfabish8286 11 місяців тому

    Chef, I am eager to follow your expert demonstration. Thank you! Since you are addressing the public, I hope you want your language will be expert, as well. At minute 1:23, your knife is "LYING down across the pad" of your hand. One lays something. You could lay your knife (laying something, your knife) across the pad of your hand; then it would be lying across it. Different words that can be confusing, but not too!

  • @ruworie9527
    @ruworie9527 3 роки тому

    I came here to learn to tourne a potato for the sole reason of being able to win a free custom -made knife

  • @ebalim
    @ebalim 5 років тому +1

    i invented the tourné cut potato. .right now i am jobless

  • @JulianChild
    @JulianChild Рік тому

    Same basic technique used in this video but it does look easier that fluting mushrooms.

  • @paola9288
    @paola9288 4 роки тому

    i wish it was has simple has it looks

  • @whiteroseee10
    @whiteroseee10 7 років тому

    Ghad I hate this cut. It was for our assignment and I swear, I nearly cried doing it.

  • @maafael9449
    @maafael9449 7 років тому

    easy

  • @user-xu4ui7on1i
    @user-xu4ui7on1i 5 років тому

    It looks soo ez but.....🤯

  • @mm-nk3qe
    @mm-nk3qe 4 роки тому

    My mother in law used to laugh at me and used to mock me for taking too much skin off while peeling potatoes. She used to say my mother taught me nothing. She will kill him🤣

  • @TrevonTreyTrey
    @TrevonTreyTrey 10 років тому

    it doesn't look too hard we are doing it today at Maxwell

  • @ellb8795
    @ellb8795 4 роки тому

    chef! We need 50 pounds by tonight!😂

  • @iatrui
    @iatrui 5 років тому

    I was wondering from which angle it looked like a football until i realised its the american version football!

  • @mm-nk3qe
    @mm-nk3qe 4 роки тому

    I think i should try this with a good peeler instead of a knife.

  • @dyadanielle6872
    @dyadanielle6872 7 років тому +2

    It looks easy , but when I tried it , it ended up looking horible

  • @limshikaishishi4190
    @limshikaishishi4190 3 роки тому +1

    I don't get it I tried so many times like a few bags of carrot and potato it doesn't work

  • @bolo2393
    @bolo2393 9 місяців тому

    In a magical world where labor costs don't exist

  • @user-hm9mj1hc3j
    @user-hm9mj1hc3j 6 років тому

    Champignon (Mushroom) Tourney is even crazier

  • @faustasveselka2548
    @faustasveselka2548 4 роки тому

    its lok like

  • @NegativeNataly
    @NegativeNataly 13 років тому

    we just started doing this in school and the first ones i did were terrible...i massacred my poor potatoes R.I.P but i've been practicing and im getting better :D

    • @vsauce4350
      @vsauce4350 2 роки тому

      Hey, today's my first day learning how to tourne potatoes in culinary school. It's been 10 years since you posted this comment, I assume you can tourne potatoes in your sleep by now. 😂

  • @sophisticatedladycatering9958
    @sophisticatedladycatering9958 8 років тому

    This is so hard

  • @genuinecomments4008
    @genuinecomments4008 4 роки тому

    Hey where has my potatoe gone

  • @JasonCheungNY
    @JasonCheungNY 6 років тому

    2

  • @snowmanj1
    @snowmanj1 10 років тому

    We had to practice 7 someone requested it. Grrr. -_o

  • @frankkolton1780
    @frankkolton1780 4 роки тому

    Please congratulate me, I just turned a 10 lb bag of potatoes into less than half a pound of potatoes.

  • @robert4you
    @robert4you 11 років тому

    Excellent question! There are so much stupidity going on when these "hotshots" are playing in the kitchen.

  • @sevgiyldz590
    @sevgiyldz590 3 роки тому +2

    Masterceften gelenler

  • @d1ckyj0nes
    @d1ckyj0nes 11 років тому

    And how many sides do your cheeseburgers have?