Nah that person grabs them better than me. I grab them like this, the one on the right:
The problem with the left one is that it's for soup, and assumes that the food-shovel is only for soup.
The problem with the right one is that it's awkward, and big wrist movement results with just as big head movement.
To use the food-shovel more efficiently as a shovel, first you have to pinch it with your thumb and pointer finger roughly a thumb's length just below the "neck", oriented as if you're holding a hand mirror with the concave (bowl) part facing you, letting the handle rest on the fingers and not on the palm. Now orient your food-shovel hand with the palm facing down towards the plate, with the rest of the handle fitting lightly between the rest of your fingers to allow for subtle angle changes to the head, preferably slightly diagonal. When you get to your preferred angle, you can clamp your pinky (and ring finger) to hold the handle snug.
It would look like this from a side profile on your plate, but with the food-shovel's head at a 90 degree angle because I'm too lazy for actual picture examples:
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Use your food-rake hand as you would use the food-rake normally, but leave the shoveling/delivery duty mainly to the food-shovel. Use the food-shovel in conjunction with the food-rake so they meet at the middle of the plate, ensuring the maximum amount of food fits inside the food-shovel, ready for delivery.
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