It has a handle, is reversible and keeps firm on surfaces without slipping thanks to rubber corners.

You'll find everything from thick, solid wood butcher's blocks to flexible plastic ones that you can bend. Traditional wooden or marble chopping boards have a certain aesthetic and look good displayed in a kitchen when not in use. But as our review reveals, you don’t need to spend a small fortune to get a quality chopping board, and when you think of how often you slice, dice, cut and carve ingredients, spending time considering your choice of board is a no-brainer.Perfect for chopping vegetables, meats and more, this Folding Chopping Board is a wonderful addition to your kitchen equipment. The boards themselves are uniformly sized and performed well, their corner ‘feet’ gripping worktops with food items held in place thanks to a subtly textured surface. However, they’re more likely to absorb odours and stains than plastic chopping boards, although hard wood is less absorbent than soft. A wooden chopping board shouldn’t be exposed to lots of water as it might warp or crack, and if you’re a real geek you should treat it with oil to keep it shipshape. We liked an outstanding design feature of this bamboo choice – an ingenious lip at the front edge which butted securely against the counter to make slicing and chopping safe and secure.

This ‘library’ solution keeps four boards snug in a slim, upright storage box, which can sit unobtrusively against a wall or splash-back.The GSI folding cutting board is a light, compact and convenient chopping board that can fold neatly into your bag. Grooves on either side led to a narrowed ‘slope’ at one end of the board, great for sliding chopped ingredients into a pan easily. There are few meals that can be prepared without using a chopping board, so you need to ensure that you have at least one decent set in your kitchen. GSI Outdoors's Ultralight Cutting Board is a handy piece of kit that is light enough to take backpacking and will be very useful for those of you who are into more than just boil-in-a-bag type meals. You’re unlikely to run out of space when you’re using this chunky, solid wood board, which measures in at a hefty 46 x 34cm.

It gave a mess-free way to slide peelings off the edge of the worktop and into a compost caddy, too. They are also dishwasher-proof which is hassle-free and gives you the peace of mind that they are thoroughly clean after every use. Yes, it’s far more expensive than any other board here, but its style and quality are another level. This option, from British company Robert Welch, is made with a smooth, solid oak that’s a nice alternative to the usual style.Chopping boards naturally suffer wear-and-tear, but we wouldn’t expect them to damage easily on first use. This has another trick up its sleeve, too: flip it over and the other side is designed for carving meat, with ridges to collect juices that then flow into the deeper well in one corner.

Teak is a reliable wood type, but equally as important is the style of chopping board – one solid piece of wood may be more likely to withstand the test of time than a board made up of lots of layers or pieces of wood joined together. Additional hand-washing and drying ensured it stayed fresh-looking without staining, compared to some other wooden boards we tried. The latest in a whole stable of functional worktop savers from Joseph Joseph, a company that never fails to come up with solutions to niggling kitchen problems. Chop2Pot™ is the innovative solution to transferring a variety of chopped foods to pots, pans and – in the case of peelings –bins orcompost caddies.Ideal for back packers or just to keep with your car camping gear as it's light enough, small and convenient. These often come in sets and are brightly coloured so you can allocate them to different food types. If you plan to do much food preparation, protect your table from sharp knives by adding an Accessory Cutting Board made of food-grade HDPE (high density polyethylene) plastic. Wooden boards are great for bread and carving meat – they often have a little moat for catching juices.