Bagel cutter

A device for holding and slicing bagels with a knife comprising:

• an elongated base having a first end, a second end and a base slot extending into the base and axially therealong from the first end to the second end;
• end portions extending vertically upward from the base at the first end and the second end, said end portions each comprising a pair of spaced members having a knife slot therebetween extending downwardly into the base slot to permit passage of a knife;
• a pair of spaced opposing flexible side members each having a substantially rectangular configuration and being pivotally attached to the base at a bottom end of said side member and extending between the end portions of the base, said end portions extending higher from the base than the side members, said side members having inner and outer surfaces, with tapered, ribbed gripping means on the inner surfaces extending and tapering from a top end to the bottom end of the side members to securingly engage a bagel and ribbed gripping means on the outer surface to facilitate gripping and squeezing the side members into engagement with the bagel and wherein said side members are angled outwardly from the base to facilitate entry and centering of a bagel of any size;
• and,
• wherein a bagel is held by the tapered, ribbed inner gripping means when the flexible side members are squeezed together and a knife slices the bagel, passing through the knife slots between the respective end portions into the base slot.