Patent ID: 8684183

Claim:
A case for culinary essentials comprising: a housing comprising a front panel, a rear panel and a pair of side panels; one or more flap panels extending from the front panel, the rear panel or both the front and the rear panels, said one or more flap panels able to extend across an upper opening in the housing defined by the front panel, the rear panel and the side panels, wherein at least one of the front panel, the rear panel, the side panels and the one or more flap panels include one or more restraining means for removably retaining the culinary essentials; and a detachable knife restraining compartment allowing said knife restraining compartment to be used independently of said case, said knife restraining compartment configured with a single pocket extending along a substantially entire bottom portion thereof to restrain multiple knives by handles in a side-by-side relationship and fabricated of a material allowing said knife restraining compartment to be rolled or folded into a self-contained unit while restraining said multiple knives.