What are the steps required to become an iron chef?
I bought a nice knife, a shapton whetstone, a good quality cutting board, a bunch of bowls for mise en place and I have all kinds of pots and pans already.
I've been practising making omelettes, I don't really like omelettes so I've been making them in the traditional French way to master the technique but I don't know where to go from here.

One thing I'd like to do is to master my knife skills first, is there a resource teaching all the canonical cutting strokes?
What kind of dishes should I practice making? I got a potato ricer for Gnocchi but haven't made any yet. Fresh pasta and Gnocchi with different sauces seems like a good bet since my grandmother bought me a pasta maker. Proteins with pan sauces is another.
I have a lot of time since I'm underemployed as a kitchen hand which is mostly cleaning shit and nobody likes me enough to take me under their wing.

Shallot pasta, just practice cutting a shit ton of shallots using different methods. I recommend the Marco Pierre White method

get The Professional Chef on anna's archive and go through it

>>21481657 (OP)
Fukui-san!?

>>21481990
GO

FIVE YEARS AGO A MAN'S FANTASY BECAME REALITY IN A FORM NEVER SEEN BEFORE

A GIANT COOKING ARENA—A KITCHEN STADIUM

>>21482009
The Iron Chef said he thinks that OP is a massive faggot, the Iron Chef also said that he will be preparing 4 dishes including a dessert but he's not sure he'll have the time.

>>21482102
All right. Four dishes and a dessert if he has the time. Doctor Hattori, what is OP doing with those interns?

>>21481657 (OP)
Are you good at standing still while ascending?

>I have a lot of time since I'm underemployed as a kitchen hand which is mostly cleaning shit and nobody likes me enough to take me under their wing.
I’m assuming you’ve done these things already but in case not definitely look for a job at another place that will give you the opportunity to grow, but in the interim make sure you’ve told the people at your current place that you want to learn

You don’t become an Iron chef, it becomes you.

>>21483186
He's being sodomised by them right now sir. Our reports say he's sucked 4 dicks so far

>>21483708
I only get 10-15 hours a week, I'm not going to ask them to train me as well in case they think I'm too uppity/aspirational
The market seems really terrible right now, I'm lucky to have what I have
>>21481690
I downloaded it, thanks

>>21481657 (OP)
Read Shokugeki no Souma and Baki. That's how you become an Iron Chef.

>>21481690
Not OP but I've been reading this book for a few hours and these guys LOVE veal. Who the fuck can afford that shit? Decent book regardless, I learnt a few things about stocks and sauces

Is Chen's cookbook any good? I used to watch Iron Chef all the time with my dad so I was thinking of getting the book for his birthday.

>>21481990
>"Yes, floor reporter Shinichiro Ohta! What's the word?"
>"I asked Iron Chef Chen about how he felt about the secret ingredient, and he said 'I really was not expecting this, I am definitely behind here!' he looked very worried!"
>"Oh my, sounds like the Iron Chef is behind the 8-ball on this one!"
>1 hour later
>8 sublime dishes
Chen was a treasure.