Matfer Professional Quality Mandoline 1000

by Mandolin 1000

Product Features

• Professional-quality mandoline for the home kitchen
• Composite Exoglass construction; three interchangeable blades
• Includes a protective pushing device suited for all vegetables
• Lightweight and easy to operate, with clear instructions
• Dishwasher-safe; made in France

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16.2 x 5.7 x 2.9 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000505J3
• Item model number: 215040
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,673 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

If your mother-in-law comes to tea, whip up a diminutive open-faced sandwich with translucently thin cucumbers. Or wow dinner guests with a quickly made side dish of julienned carrots, each cut with a jeweler's precision. For a fun and fancy alternative to french fries, fry up a batch of crisp, perfectly turned waffle potatoes. This high-quality mandoline, long a staple of professional chefs, is made by Matfer, a French company that knows how to bring excellence to the home kitchen. With its three interchangeable blades, the user-friendly mandoline uniformly slices, juliennes, and crinkle- and waffle-cuts fruits and vegetables. It can slice a single lime or shred a head of cabbage. A dandy, ergonomically designed pusher protects your hand, and tiny grips on the underside hold vegetables firmly as they're guided over the cutting blade. The mandoline has rubber feet and can be used horizontally or held by the handle. It's easy to install the cutting blades and adjust the cutting thickness, but do read the instructions that come with the mandoline before you give it a whirl. There's always a learning curve with a new kitchen gadget, so be patient and practice a bit. When you get the hang of it, your dinner guests won't believe their eyes. --C. Whitney-Ward

Product Description

Professional-quality mandoline for the home kitchen. Composite Exoglass construction; 3 interchangeable blades Includes a protective pushing device suited for all firm vegetables. Lightweight and easy to operate, with clear instructions, Dishwasher-safe; made in France. Warning: The Matfer Mandolin is a slicing tool and as with all slicing tools it must be handled with care. It must not be left within reach of children. Use vegetables graded medium size, firm without bruises.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Questionable Value, January 12, 2003

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M. Pallaver (Brighton, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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Clearly a professional would not purchase this 'professional quality' mandoline. Four pieces of plastic and 3 blades. No stand. Julienne blade was miscut and 3 tines bent back on first use. Small thumbscrews not for arthritis. No storage space for extra blade. Poor documentation on use - in particular no instructions on techniques to use safely. I can't understand prior high ratings.

51 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4 stars with a BUT,, May 27, 2001

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Sandy (Northbrook, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Matfer Professional Quality Mandoline 1000 (Kitchen)

The Matfer mandolines are great products. I got mine as a gift and cautiosly love it. The Blade is VERY sharp. You want that to slice things like kiwi or tomato without making mush. You can use the holder to hold your produce when you slice it for everything BUT waffle cut. For that you must cut once then turn the cut object and cut again. After the first cut, it is too small to use the holder, so you use a flat hand. Not my hand with that sharp blade.

35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Quite good but not wonderful, July 12, 2001

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M. Trillo "songbird1967" (East Greenwich, Rhode Island USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Matfer Professional Quality Mandoline 1000 (Kitchen)

I purchased this item after extensive research. It is quite good but not wonderful. The waffle cut blade is not sharp and requires more effort than I care to give to slice cucumbers; it does NOT do a great job on carrots either. The price is a little high for this product but the Benriner mandoline although it is an excellent product, does not offer the variation in thickness that this mandoline does.