Abstract: An improved hand-held bowl lifter for safely lifting and transporting hot bowls from one area to another. The bowl lifter is used with bowls having a circular base, and a wall that tapers outward from the base in substantially circular cross-section. The bowl lifter is defined by a generally planar rigid board having a first end adapted to be grasped by a user, and a second end having a semi-circular opening that intersects an edge of the second end to define a pair of arms. The ends of the arms are separated by a dimension less than the diameter of the opening but greater than the diameter of the bowl base. A user grasps the first end of the board and moves it toward the bowl, allowing the arms to surround the base of the bowl adjacent the underlying support surface. Then the user raises the board so that the inner periphery of the arms evenly contact the outer periphery of the bowl. At this point the bowl is supported in an level and stable manner, and may be safely transported.