About Us
DESIGNED AND CREATED ON THE SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR
Since 2003, innovation, quality, functionality, and durability have been at the foundation of the Epicurean brand.
All Epicurean products are designed and manufactured at a 60,000 square-foot facility in Superior, Wisconsin.
Epicurean's History
In 1997 three entrepreneurs founded TrueRide, Inc., which specialized in creating custom-made municipal skate parks. Over ten years the TrueRide crew designed, built, installed, and serviced more than 450 skate parks, providing vital community spaces across the USA and abroad. The skate ramps surfaces were made using a paper composite material also used for decades in commercial kitchens.
One year the trio of owner/entrepreneurs made cutting boards as holiday gifts from the waste and cut-off generated from the fabrication and building of the skateboard parks…and Epicurean was born in 2003.
The Heart of the Kitchen
The Epicurean team is continuously inspired by the experiences one has with preparing and serving food. It’s a passion to bring to life kitchen tools designed to go from the heart of the home or commercial kitchen to the center of the dining or restaurant table.
Made in the USA
Epicurean is a USA-manufacturer using primarily USA-sourced materials. Its iconic paper composite material is manufactured 100% in the USA, using materials locally sourced in the USA. While all Epicurean products are thoughtfully designed, manufactured, and packaged in Superior, Wisconsin at a 60,000 square-foot facility, a small amount of silicone components and nylon utensil heads are sourced from China.
Take pride knowing Epicurean products help support a commitment to sustainable manufacturing, safe and ethical work environments, and high-quality products.
At The Cutting Edge Of Sustainable Design
Epicurean’s focus is for its cutting boards and kitchen tools to be durable, long-lasting products one can depend on for years to come, for any job in any kitchen, big or small.
Epicurean’s paper composite material is:
NSF Certified
GreenGuard Certified
Repurposing
At every stage in the production process, Epicurean minimizes, repurposes, and recycles waste whenever possible.
In making its products, Epicurean “nests” products onto a raw material sheet, much like cutting cookies out of cookie dough, for the best material yield and least possible waste.
Epicurean recycles or reuses every component it receives with its raw material. The protective plastic is recycled. All metal banding is clipped and recycled. The pallets the material ships are reused on by being sent back to the supplier to use again.
Epicurean’s heat reclamation system captures warmth and uses it to heat its warehouse over the winter.
All of Epicurean’s off-cut material waste is burned as biomass. Every week Epicurean sends approximately 6,000 lbs. of material to a local facility.
Renewability
During the summer of 2022, Epicurean had 438 solar panels installed. This large installation of solar panels offsets approximately 25% of Epicurean’s energy usage in an average year. Epicurean’s solar array is currently the largest commercial array within the Twin Ports of Duluth, MN/Superior, WI, and the surrounding area.
