Garde Manger Carving Sets for Fruit Art and Melon Carving

Create clean cuts with our Garde Manger Carving Sets: Corrugated U-Cutters and U and V-shaped Carving Tools for creating modern edible art from vegetables and fruits. Hand-crafted from super strong stainless steel, these durable and extra sharp culinary tools are perfect for creating both wavy and straight U and V-shaped cuts. The linear U and V shaped tools (set of 6) and the corrugated serrated garnishing tools (set of 4) are essential culinary supplies for the professional chef garde manger. These are great tools for quickly creating edible arrangements and fruit decorations, especially from melon and watermelons. Purchase both sets to get a variety of different looks.

Corrugated U Carving Set for Fruit Art (4)

Like the U and V shaped tools, this four piece set of serrated U shaped garnishing tools are beautifully handmade from high-strength stainless steel. Ideal for carving out inner flesh or chipping away at the outer skin of fruits and vegetables, these U shapes cover a range of different sizes and make an excellent addition to any set of fruit carving tools. Garnishing tools such as these have become increasingly popular in modern Thai fruit carving and are frequently recommended for otherwise time consuming techniques.

Garnishing tools provide fruit carvers with versatility and eliminate tedious and repetitive techniques. Serrated U and U and V shaped garnishing tools are thus especially useful items for commercial kitchens. These serrated edge shapes are particularly handy for ensuring that patterns appear both detailed and consistent. For further information, please see the tool sizes table below.

Product Features

High-end imported fruit carving tools
Handcrafted from high quality stainless steel
Save time on repetitive culinary tasks
Light, durable, and versatile tools for garnishing
Essential for professional carvers

U & V Tools for Fruit Carving (Set of 6)

This six piece set of U and V-shaped garnishing tools is elegantly crafted, razor sharp, and superbly practical for the art of Thai fruit and vegetable carving. Each tool is intelligently designed with its own diametric U and V equivalents which serve the purpose of cutting clean strips of fruits or vegetables with maximum efficacy and minimum fuss. Handcrafted from high quality stainless steel, these tools are extremely durable and guaranteed not to bend or misshapen when used with harder types of food. These tools are absolutely essential for any professional catering business though undoubtedly useful for all levels of carvers.

Tools such as these have now come to replace the more traditional wood handled fruit chisels in Thailand because they are easier and safer to control when working on detailed patterns such as fish scales and flower petals. Subsequently, many of the fruit carving books here at the Temple of Thai encourage the use of garnishing tools in order to apply modern carving techniques to ones presentations. These tools make it possible to to create beautiful melon carvings in minutes. Carve fruit art that previously would have taken hours in just minutes. This carving set is useful for making decorative fruit sculptures and garnishes for food, especially when used paired with the Serrated Set. For further information, please see the tool sizes table below.

Carving Sets Care

All metal blades, regardless of their quality, will begin to corrode over time if they are not well maintained. Even stainless steel can rust if it is not properly cared for. The Temple of Thai recommends that you follow the maintenance tips below to ensure that your knife and garnishing tools stay in good condition:

Always dry the tool blades thoroughly to protect from long-term corrosion.
Avoid soaking your knives and tools in water (or any other liquid) for long periods of time.
Always keep the blades clean to ensure that the surfaces are chemically neutral.
Use a good knife oil to prevent the blades from rusting, especially if you live by the coast or in a humid climate.
Keep your blades well sharpened at all times. Blunt blades are generally held to be much more dangerous than sharp ones. For wavy-edged tools such as the serrated ‘U’ shaped garnishing tools, use a small sharpening steel to sharpen between ridges.
Last, if you're not sure how to sharpen your blades, then don't! Ask a friend or consult the internet. Blade edges can easily be damaged if they are incorrectly sharpened.

Garde Manger Carving Sets Tool Sizes

U and V-shaped Carving Set (6)
Item	Length	Width U-side	Width V-side	Thickness
1	6 1/8"	3/8"	4/8"	28 gauge or 0.0149"
2	6 1/8"	4/8"	5/8"	-do-
3	6 1/8"	5/8"	6/8"	-do-
4	6 1/8"	7/8"	7/8"	-do-
5	6 1/8"	1"	1"	-do-
6	6 1/8"	1 1/8"	1 1/8"	-do-
Corrugated U-Cutters Carving Set (4)
Item	Length	Width U-side	Width V-side	Thickness
1	6"	5/8"	6/8"	25 gauge or 0.0209"
2	6 1/8"	6/8"	1"	-do-
3	6 1/8"	1 1/8"	1 2/8"	-do-
4	6 1/8"	1 3/8"	1 4/8"	-do-

Larger view of the Garde Manger Carving Sets: U and V-shaped Carving Tools and Corrugated U-Cutters