Our Story

Nice to meet you!  I'm Matt, a husband and dad of (now) four beautiful munchkins.  When I was first faced with cutting up food for my little girl in 2020, I quickly became aggravated with the process.  It was painfully slow and I constantly worried about choking.

Then I found an ulu knife sitting in our China cabinet, which had been gifted to us a few years back.  I tried it to cut up my daughter's food and I was amazed.  

Fast forward a bit, and we had a choking scare with our youngest daughter. She became unresponsive at the dinner table - our worst nightmare.  After calling 911 and performing the Heimlich, we got her to vomit and regain responsiveness.  Everything ended up OK, but the experience was a terrifying wake-up call.

In the following days, I started thinking about a product that combined the ingenuity of an ulu knife and the desire to check bite size.  Plus, make it easy to clean.  I got with a few friends, and totchop was born.  

Now my family uses totchop every day.  It's fast, easy-to-clean, and honestly just fun to use.

More on the ulu's heritage and supporting traditional artisans can be found here.

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Thank you for being a part of our story. Together, let's make mealtime easier and safer!