Bagel coring apparatus

A coring apparatus for coring a single annular channel in a substantially annular bagel half section, comprising:

• a base member,
• a post member extending from said base member, said post member including drive shaft guide means,
• a drive shaft having a longitudinal axis and being rotatably fitted through said guide means, said drive shaft having shaft external threads,
• means for engaging said shaft external threads, such that rotating said drive shaft relative to said post member causes said drive shaft to advance along said longitudinal axis relative to said post member,
• a food item cutting element mounted on said drive shaft, the cutting element including a pair of exterior arched blades arcuately extending in a radial direction away from said longitudinal axis and a pair of interior arched blades arcuately extending in a radial direction towards said longitudinal axis, said interior and exterior arched blades being radially spaced from said drive shaft longitudinal axis for cutting along a circular channel path, the pair of exterior arched blades for cutting an interior wall of a single annular channel, and the pair of the interior arched blades for cutting an exterior wall of the single annular channel, each of the exterior arched blades and each of the interior arched blades are angularly spaced from each other in alternating order about the longitudinal axis,
• an annular food item holding means connected to said base member and located along said longitudinal axis of said drive shaft and adjacent said cutting element for securing a single substantially annular bagel half against rotation relative to said post member such that said cutting element is advanced toward said holding means and into contact with said bagel half by rotating said drive shaft in one direction, and wherein both the first blade means and the second blade means simultaneously cut a single annular core in the bagel half, the single annular core being concentric to the perimeter of the bagel half.