​Premium Chopping and Serving Boards

If you love to cook and entertain then you'll love our premium quality, hardwood boards! Boards to suit every purpose from 'James Martin' style heavyweight boards, party platters and buffet boards to smaller boards just right for G&T's and cocktails! An ideal gift for those 'hard to buy for' people in your life.

Natural, live edge boards designed by Nature

​Our boards are made from trees that have fallen in storms or have been felled for safety reasons or poor health. ​We source the logs then mill them into long planks that are carefully dried, cut and sanded to produce a premium product. It’s hard work and a time-consuming process but our care and attention to detail is evident in our boards. We can trace every one back to the tree it came from on the Isle of Man.

​Board Features, Shapes and Sizes

​Our special boards use a single, solid piece of wood unlike many boards that are made of smaller sections glued together.
​Almost all of our boards keep the natural or live edge of the trunks they were cut from. A carved ‘bark’ texture to one edge is a feature unique to our boards!
​Every board is sanded silky smooth and edges are slightly rounded over to remove sharp corners. 

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The boards are then submerged in food-safe mineral oil overnight which soaks in deeply to protect the wood.
The boards are then and finished with chopping board butter to bring out the wonderful wood colours and grain patterns. The board butter seals the surface of the board to repel water.
The board is hot-branded on the back with our Jigsaw design brand for a high quality finish.
​Non-slip rubber feet are attached with stainless steel screws ensuring durability and years of service.

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 Thanks to nature we can confidently guarantee that no-one else will have a board the same as yours! Every one of our boards is different and whilst we can make some boards the same size, their live edge makes them all quite unique.

Our boards sizes don't follow standard rules as they are rarely uniform in shape. Our smallest would be equivalent to 6" by 8" and the largest sold to date was 30" x 18" with a wide range in between. If you want a board of an an exact size and shape just ask and we can make one for you!

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Types of Wood Used

​Our food boards are made from local hardwood timber, mostly elm and sometimes oak, ash and beech depending on availability. 

• Elm is quite rare in the UK now thanks to Dutch Elm disease but the Isle of Man is less-affected for the time being.  Relatively hard and naturally water-resistant. We think elm is the most beautiful of our native trees and we're sure you'll agree when you see it!  Deep, rich autumn shades and wood that is full of character and swirling grain patterns.
• Oak is commonly used for chopping boards due to its hard-wearing nature and it's abundance in the UK and Europe.  Its a dense, hard wood but usually plain in appearance compared to elm. 
• Ash is a good choice for a chopping board if you're looking for a light-coloured wood. Sometimes the wood is darker in colour and this is called olive ash.
• Beech provides a hard cutting surface with a light pinkish cream appearance. Abundant in nature, inexpensive and widely used by a large Swedish furniture company!
• English Walnut is rarely available on the Isle of Man but has dark brown shades.

Native woods before being oiled.

elm

oak

ash

beech

walnut

Native woods after being oiled and treated with board butter which protects the wood and enhances its colour and character..

elm

oak

ash

beech

walnut

​Imported Woods - Limited Edition & Custom boards

We do love our native woods but there may be occasions when a brighter colour or contrast is required as a highlight.  Imported timbers are available from licensed sources in a much wider colour range such as American Black Walnut with it's deep, brown lustrous hues to exotic and flamboyant Purpleheart. 

Unlike native woods where very wide and deep boards can be milled here on the Isle of Man, many imported woods tend to be narrower in width and thinner in depth. Imported woods are more expensive than our home-grown varieties.
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american black walnut

canadian maple

cherry

purpleheart

​Small pieces of imported woods are used for decorative inlays or bowties on our boards (and furniture) to fill any natural holes and stop small cracks spreading. The board is chiselled out to allow the bowtie to be recessed and its shape stops the crack getting bigger.

Bowtie examples. Cut in our workshop to any size.

Limited edition boards will be produced each month and offered to our newsletter subscribers first before being placed in the shop.

If you would like early notice of these boards and other offers then simply subscribe to our mailing list. You can unsubscribe any time you wish!  ​​

Custom Board Service - Made Just For You

If you can't find a board that is just right for you in our shop then we would love to create a board that ticks all your boxes! Perhaps you need a board to fit a particular place or would like it personalised as a wedding or special occasion gift, we can make it happen! 

​If you would like a custom made board in any wood just call us on 07624 499304  or send an enquiry and we can take it from there. We can send you a range of options to choose from, at no obligation whatsoever. 

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Looking after your food board

Product care: 

• Hand wash only with a damp cloth and mild washing up liquid and towel dry.
• Do not submerse or leave soaking in water.
• Do not put in a dishwasher as the heat and chemicals will may split or warp the board.
• Apply our board butter conditioner regularly to maintain its appearance and water resistance.
• Food oils such as sunflower or olive should not be used as they will turn rancid and sticky, not  a good combination for your food!

​Board Butter Conditioner
​We make our own Board Butter using a blend of natural beeswax and food-safe mineral oil,  packaged in a handy, screw-top recyclable tin.

Board Butter - food board treatment

£6.00

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'We had him make something straightforward for us but something which needed to be fairly bespoke & couldn't be easily found anywhere else. We will definitely be using him again.' Jayne Leece

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