Fruit cutting apparatus

A fruit cutting apparatus for cutting a spherical-shaped fruit piece, comprising:

• an appliance housing that includes a bottom wall having a planar and horizontal surface and a body portion that extends upwardly from said bottom wall and that defines an interior space;
• a cutting chamber having a continuous side wall that defines an interior area and that defines an open top and an open bottom;
• a rotating platform assembly having a first portion coupled to said body portion of said appliance framework and a second portion extending upwardly from said first portion in communication with said interior area of said cutting chamber, said rotating platform assembly including a prong extending upwardly from said terminal end that is operable to impale the fruit piece;
• a cutting blade slidably movable between a retracted configuration displaced from said interior area of said cutting member and a deployed configuration in communication with said interior area of said cutting chamber;
• wherein said cutting blade is positioned in said interior space of said body portion when in said retracted configuration and is positioned in said interior area of said cutting chamber when in said deployed configuration;
• a processor positioned in said interior space of said body portion;
• a non-volatile memory in data communication with said processor and configured to store data and programming executable by said processor, wherein said data and said programming includes predetermined actuation instructions associated with a plurality of cutting styles;
• an input assembly in data communication with said processor and configured to receive user input data associated with a respective cutting style;
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• programming stored in said non-volatile memory that, when executed by said processor, causes said processor to actuate said cutting blade and said rotatable platform according to said received user input data.