How To Sharpen A Knife | Gordon Ramsay

Fun fact: this video is part of the required training for Hooters’ kitchen staff even though they don’t actually keep sharpening or honing equipment on hand in the first place

Lmao you a pro chief and you dont even know whats the difference between honing and sharpening.
Im starting to think these Pro on TV are just industry plant with no knowledge of wtf they're doing.
Reading scripts is easy.

You sheep will believe anything the guy who just screams and yells to get attention says he's going the opposite way of the knife blade.

A honing rod will not sharpen your knives. Gorden Ramsey is a fraud.

Such a garbage rod he's also doing it the wrong direction

Revisiting for newer people this is NOT sharpening a knife. This is honing an edge...

That's not sharpening a knife, that's honing a knife. You sharpen a knife with a whetstone. Misleading to say the least.

I mean… this is straightening or honing the knife… not sharpening. The steel helps align & “stand up” the edges of a knife whereas sharpening (with a stone) is actually grinding and creating a new edge via the abrasion.

Bollocks.

According to my knowledge, he’s just honing the knife and not sharpening it. If this is actually correct then I’m a little disappointed by the Title of this video and that too shared by a famous chef.

How is it a man with so many Michelin stars, who obviously knows a thing or two about cooking, knows f#$k all about knife sharpening?

Never knew how wonderful cooking was with a good sharp knife and not fighting with a dull knife 😁

So many people point the edge the wrong way when honing. I am so glad Ramsay this correctly. Honing is when you are straining the fringe on the edge of the blade. This is not sharpening.  Although The knife cuts best when honed. The fringe is like the teeth of a saw. When the fringe bends over due to use the knife does not cut as well. Bending the fringe back and forth with use will fatigue the metal and it will break off. Sharpening is needed to reestablish the fringe when a lot has broken off.

Come at me, Gordo, come at me, bruh?

I learned a while ago. Those things dont sharpen. They only edge out the blade to keep it straight. You need a stone or a sharpener to take off metal

the knife hone is the same as sharpening with a whetstone?

That's not 'sharpening', you donkey.

Way too aggressive with it. More harm than good

I have never managed to sharpen a chef's knife properly.
I do understand there's different angles for chinese/french. But what's never been explained on any video I've watched is what the blade feels like, on the steel, sharpener etc if you're doing it correctly.
Should it slide over the sharpener/steel smoothly, or feel that's there's a bit of friction?
Too many years ago ;) I worked as a teen in a bread shop/cafe where their main 'long knife' cut like a razor blade and had worn down to almost knitting needle diameter after years (?months) of sharpening.
I love my collection of chef knives but Im ashamed at my misjustice when they feel the same after i've used sharpeners (different ones galore) or steels and they still won't slice a tomato.
Please help.

He forgot to mention. This is how rich people sharpen a knife. You have to have a really good (expensive) knife to even worry about using a honing rod. Otherwise, you’re just better off using something like a whetstone to actually sharpen your cheep ass knife.

I don't know whether to laugh or to cry. First this is honing not sharpening. A honed knife does eventually need to be sharpened. Second, a without wasting time, the standard factory edge of a western chef knife is 40 degrees, meaning sharpened at 20 degrees at each side of the blade. So the knife should be honed or sharpened at 20 degrees at each side. Got it.

That is NOT sharpening a knife - that is honing a knife. Completely different things!

It’s his Videos like this that has me questioning his cooking ability. Go check his frito pie video smh. Who adds salt to frito pie? Fritos are already salty. And who hones a knife and calls it sharpening? Smh what a noob

Thanks for the tip Gordon. Now you gotta teach us how you do that sick intro beat with knife honing and pot drumming.

This is honing, not sharpening. The foodies can make Coq Au Vin but survivalists they're not.

Reading all of these armchair “experts” I couldn’t find even one who spoke about the concept of honing with anything but an armchair opinion. Didn’t even find anyone who used the term “burr” which is what happens when the knife is actually sharpened. It’s microscopic but you can feel it pulling a finger gently across it. The burr is what makes the knife sharp. Once you use it for a while the burrs begin to deform and bend over to one side and the edge doesn’t cut as effectively. Pulling the knife across the steel straightens the burr back into alignment reinstating an effective cutting edge. Over time the burr deteriorates and the knife must be sharpened again. What’s funny here is that no one seemed to notice that Gordon was honing correctly. He pulled the knife spine first thereby using the steel to force the burr back into alignment. It’s incredible how many videos demonstrate this holding the knife so that they are moving the burr toward the honing texture of the steel. This is backwards. Think about this like you are combing the burrs back so they align with the blade. Also, Gordon is beginning each stroke near his hand where he has more control and then pulls the knife away which is both safer and will align the burrs back into the standing position so they can cut again. It’s so sad that so many videos demonstrate this backward and call it gospel. Does anyone think anymore? Gordon may have said sharpen rather than honing because a large part of his audience has never heard words like hone and burr. He’s a lot of things but he is not stupid. Comb those burrs out and away. Don’t bend them back the wrong way. Watch Gordon.

this is super duper not sharpening. its also not honig or stropping. hes using a knife steel in the wrong direction.. a chef should know that.

Nice

Merci Gordon!!!

You do this between sharpenings. You could run a dull blade on that honing rod for a month and it will never get sharp.

'sharpen your knife every time you use it' no thanks

A steel alone will never sharpen a dull knife, you must use a honing stone to put the edge back on the blade first,then use the steel before and after every use of the knife,

Skill acquired

Marathon Watching 2/16/23 Good tips Gordon. Thank you sir.

Once again, Gordon Ramsay has no fucking clue what he's doing. "Sharpening" with a honing steel. And he's doing it the wrong direction- you hone in the direction of the blade or it makes the burrs even worse. What a jackass

I have been scared of trying to sharpen (hone) my knives, but my absolute trust in Mr. Ramsey's expertise, helped me to try it. I am amazed at the sharpness! my mom gave me her favorite knife 30+ years ago & it's just been a display piece until tonight!🤩

steels doe not sharpen the blade. It straightens the edge. Stones sharpen...

I'm not a fan of the camera angles.

That's not honing rod!!! Looc closely, its diamond sharpening rod. Now all yall ask him to forgive you

How yall know this is honing rod? You can get same looking diamond knife sharpening rods btw. You really think Gordon's so dumb? Cmon

Honing. Ok. Regardless. As a newbie. I found that a horrible demo. I can't really see the method clearly

Amazing how someone can abuse the most important tool for his profession like this. Not only is he not sharpening the knife, - a honing rod is used to keep it sharp by touching up the edge - he is even dulling it the way he drags the blade along the steel. The sponsoring knife maker does not seem to care as long people buy their stuff because "Gordon is using it".

I was gonna buy one of those things. I actually thought that's how u sharpen a knife the professional way. Like butchers and chefs. Not the case glad I have watched some of these videos

Not even a proper way to sharp knives

Finally a tutorial where he's not yelling at the camera

Every Glasgow Ned taking notes

if I work with Gordon
I think I'll be crazy after 1 minute trial on the kitchen🤣🤣🤣and never come back anymore...but he's such a good chef no bullshit👏👏🤣