How many chopping boards do you need in the kitchen?

When it comes to how many chopping boards do we need in the kitchen, opinions are divided and depending on who is asking, the answer is always different. That's why in order to find out the correct answer, we have created several types of profiles and scenarios to find the one closest to you and your needs.

You cook in your kitchen or you just serve food

Depending on what you do in the kitchen, the accessories in it also depend. It is normal that in a kitchen where cooking is carried out, there are many cookware and tools for food preparation.

On the contrary, in a kitchen where cooking is done only occasionally or not at all, the number of dishes and tools should be minimal or in some cases non-existent. However, chopping boards are also used for preparing food to be served or as a support for hot dishes on the dining table. On average, in a kitchen with low activity, the number of chopping boards is 2 pieces.

The number of people in a house affects the number of chopping boards in the kitchen

Looking at the family cooking in their kitchen, we noticed that the number of chopping boards is equal to or less than one unit compared to the number of family members.

For example, if a family consists of 4 people, the number of chopping boards found in the kitchen will be 4, or in some cases 3 pieces as follows:

1. A large chopping board like the main chopping boards in the kitchen. It is used in food preparation.
2. A medium-sized chopping board that is reserved for situations where food is prepared for a celebration or often plays the role of support on the table for closed dishes freshly removed from the fire.
3. A last chopping board, this being especially one of small dimensions, is often called the dining chopping board, it is present all the time on the table where the food is cut and it is used for serving, or it is used directly during dinner when it is needed extra piece of cheese that must be cut into slices

My kitchen my rules

This is true. Each of us who are passionate about cooking stock our kitchen with the ingredients we like and the tools to help us make the tastiest meals. And so, depending on the food we cook, the number of chopping boards can differ greatly from the average one, especially in a kitchen where a passionate chef cooks.

Conclusion

If I were to give you an exact number of chopping boards that you should need in your kitchen, I would be wrong because, as you read above, their number differs greatly from your activity in the kitchen to how big your family is .

To help you make the right choice, I have created the following formula:
Choose the level of use of the kitchen from the list below and multiply by the number of people in the family. Then the obtained result will be divided by 2.
Level 1 = cooks occasionally;
Level 2 = cooked daily;
Level 3 = found daily and always trying new recipes;

In my case I cook daily (level 2) multiplayer by 4 people in the family is equal to 8 which divided by 2 results in 4 chopping boards are needed in my kitchen for a daily activity.