What a vegetable prep machine does
A vegetable prep machine (also called a vegetable slicer or veg cutter) feeds produce through a hopper onto a spinning disc. Changing the disc changes the cut: thin or thick slices, fine or coarse grating, julienne strips, dice or chips. Most machines drop the cut product straight into a GN pan under the outlet.
Choosing a vegetable prep machine
- Output: compact benchtop models suit cafes and restaurants; heavy-duty models handling around 500 kg an hour suit busy kitchens, caterers and institutions.
- Hoppers: a large hopper speeds up bulk work, while small round feed tubes keep long vegetables like carrots and cucumbers upright for neat slices.
- Discs: check which discs are included. Extra slicing, grating, dicing and chip discs can be added to suit your menu.
- Combination machines: if you also need a cutter mixer, a combination machine saves bench space and cost.
- Manual cutters: for one job done many times, like dicing onions, wedging lemons or slicing tomatoes, a manual cutter is cheaper, needs no power and cleans up in seconds.
Our range
We stock Dito Sama vegetable prep machines from FED: the PREP4YOU P4U-CS3 and P4U-CV3 vegetable slicers (supplied with three discs), the heavy-duty TRS-500 vegetable slicer, and the PREP4YOU and TRK combination cutter and vegetable slicers. From Yasaki we stock the SP75AS electric salad spinner, which dries up to 3 kg of washed greens per cycle. We also stock the Anvil FPA0007 Food Processor Pro, which slices and shreds up to 250kg an hour with 7 discs. For hand prep, we stock Nemco manual prep tools, made in the USA and needing no power: the Easy Chopper II dicer, Easy Lettuce Cutter, Easy Tomato Slicers, Easy Onion Slicer II, Easy Slicer, Easy Wedger, Easy Flowering Onion Cutter, Easy Vegetable Noodler and Easy Cheeser cheese cutters, and the Hamilton Beach COH0500 commercial side-cut can opener. From Tre Spade we stock the TSE0004 electric tomato squeezer, made in Italy, which separates skins and seeds to make passata at about 650kg an hour.
Delivery and our price-beat guarantee
We deliver Australia-wide by tailgate truck, usually within 2 to 5 business days to Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide and 4 to 12 days elsewhere. Prices are shown ex GST with the GST-inclusive price alongside. Found a lower price? Send us the link under our Price-Beat Guarantee and we'll send you a one-off discount code.
Vegetable prep FAQs
Are slicing discs included?
The PREP4YOU models come with three discs: 2 mm and 5 mm slicers and a 3 mm grater. The TRS-500 and TRK machines are supplied without discs so you can choose the cuts you need from our slicing discs, grating discs, shredding discs and dicing and chip grids.
Can I cut chips with a vegetable prep machine?
Yes, with a chip grid or shredding disc fitted. For the TRS-500 and TRK machines, use a 6 x 6, 8 x 8 or 10 x 10 mm chip grid or shredding disc. PREP4YOU chip discs are available to order.