The 10 Best chopping boards Joseph Joseph Rinse & Chop £16, Selfridges.com A very clever board. It has hinges down the middle, allowing you to slide your prepared fruit and veg down off into the pan. It also has a colander at the end. Catskill Reversible Maple Pastry Board £39.95, kitchentrolleys.biz The attraction here is the series of useful baking measurements printed on the board and a ruler line for the perfectionist pâtissier. Gamepad Chopping Board £15, firebox.com You don't have to be a hardcore gamer to recognise that this glass-topped chopping board - designed to look like a retro games console - is damned cool. John Lewis oak £30, johnlewis.com Made especially for slicing those fresh loaves that cover your work surface in crumbs, this board has a series of sunken rings in its oak surface to catch them all. Joseph Joseph Vinyl Record £14, selfridges.com Not the most heavy-duty board, but if you just want to slice the odd veg or a loaf, this glass board is just about the grooviest thing you're likely to do it on. Lakeland Flexi-mats £8.29 for 5, lakeland.co.uk Tough, lightweight and, because they're less than 1mm thick, they're flexible enough to roll into a funnel so you can get rid of your off-cuts with ease. Good Housekeeping beech £29.50, fatgiraffe.com Comes with a double-bladed Mezzaluna knife, so is ideal for quickly slicing herbs and the odd veg. Its glossy finish means it could double up as a cheese board. Java chopping board £27, debenhams.com As chunky and solid as an oak board but the Java is made from a much more unusual bamboo wood. The chequered finish is also gentle on your kitchen knives. OCD board £21, liberty.co.uk You can make every slice perfect and every angle precise on this OCD board, which is covered in a series of ruled squares and angle projections. Linea oak and slate £35, houseoffraser.co.uk Slate is always a good addition to a kitchen but its real advantage is that it's pretty much impervious to knife blades, so doesn't develop bacteria-filled ridges.