A food treatment apparatus , comprising: - a frame ; - a treatment chamber apt to receive a treatment tool ; - a driving device for driving said treatment tool ; - a feed channel formed by one or more side walls and having an open side for inserting food; - a pushing device being configured to be inserted within said feed channel to press food towards said treatment tool , said pushing device being movable from an open position, wherein said open side of said feed channel is free for inserting food, to a closed position where at least part of it is inserted in said feed channel so that food positioned therein may be pressed towards said treatment tool , said pushing device comprising a pusher support lever pivotally movable relative to said frame around a pivot axis (X) laterally arranged with respect to said feed channel and a pusher rod slidably coupled to said pusher support lever to slide along a sliding axis (Y) with respect to said pusher support lever , said pusher rod comprises a first end and a second end , said second end being provided with a pressing head , and said one or more side walls are configured to allow said pusher support lever to be rotated around said pivot axis (X) and at the same time to allow said pusher rod to be translated along said sliding axis (Y) while said pushing device is moved from said open position towards said closed position, said one or more side walls comprises a first side wall positioned between said pusher rod and said pivot axis (X), with said pushing device and said pusher rod in said closed position, characterized in that said first side wall comprises a flared portion so that the distance of said flared portion with respect to said sliding axis (Y) of said pusher rod increases while proceeding towards said open side of said feed channel . - a frame ; - a treatment chamber apt to receive a treatment tool ; - a driving device for driving said treatment tool ; - a feed channel formed by one or more side walls and having an open side for inserting food; - a pushing device being configured to be inserted within said feed channel to press food towards said treatment tool , said pushing device being movable from an open position, wherein said open side of said feed channel is free for inserting food, to a closed position where at least part of it is inserted in said feed channel so that food positioned therein may be pressed towards said treatment tool , said pushing device comprising a pusher support lever pivotally movable relative to said frame around a pivot axis (X) laterally arranged with respect to said feed channel and a pusher rod slidably coupled to said pusher support lever to slide along a sliding axis (Y) with respect to said pusher support lever , said pusher rod comprises a first end and a second end , said second end being provided with a pressing head , and said one or more side walls are configured to allow said pusher support lever to be rotated around said pivot axis (X) and at the same time to allow said pusher rod to be translated along said sliding axis (Y) while said pushing device is moved from said open position towards said closed position, said one or more side walls comprises a first side wall positioned between said pusher rod and said pivot axis (X), with said pushing device and said pusher rod in said closed position, characterized in that said first side wall comprises a flared portion so that the distance of said flared portion with respect to said sliding axis (Y) of said pusher rod increases while proceeding towards said open side of said feed channel . <EOS>