John Boos Cutting Boards - Awarded the Gold Medal Award by Chefs of America!

With nothing but the best, John Boos cutting boards offer an array in style from the simple butcher block maple wood cutting board right on up to kitchen furniture. The esteemed company, John Boos, is perhaps known as the Cadillac of wood cutting boards. In business in Illinois since 1887 the company's boards, blocks and furniture are today used by many celebrity chefs including: Charlie Trotter, Ming Tsai and Paul Kahan.

Priced from: $45

And why not be popular. These boards, kitchen island blocks and cutting carts do two things extremely well: provide style and decoration and keep your knives from getting dull.

From the standpoint of a kitchen knife, cutting surfaces should be easy on them. And this is exactly what the end grain hard maple surfaces provide.

Boos butcher block tables resist nicks and gouges as well, which prevents bacteria from penetrating the wood.

Boos cutting boards are made in over 39 shapes and sizes to accommodate various cutting needs. These wooden boards are seen in the finest restaurants and used by professional chefs. In addition, these cutting boards have been awarded the Gold Medal Award by Chefs of America and are National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) approved.

John Boos Mystery Oil Butcher Block Oil

Price: $8.49

For decorative combined with highly functional kitchen furniture take a look at the Provence in America line. This line combines John Boos Blocks kitchen utility with the antique charm of Country French furnishings. Another line to check out is the Boos American Heritage line.