Disclosed are methods and apparatus for empowering a toddler or person with a disability to eat whole foods, such as sandwiches, pizza, waffles, burritos, etc. more efficiently than without the aid of the apparatus, which apparatus has two body units, each having surfaces capable of holding a food product between them, and a compression component operationally connected to the two body units that controls the amount of force exerted by the surfaces on the food product when the food product is between the surfaces, at least two handles on the device, which handles project from the body unit, and are adapted to be held by a pair of hands, and an area on each body unit, which permit compression of these areas to move apart the surfaces.