Abstract: A bagel holder includes a housing with an open upper end and a bottom wall which arches upwardly in its center. Forward and rearward walls of the housing slant towards one another from their upper edges to their lower edges to form a general wedge shape therebetween. The housing end walls include parallel upper portions and lower portions which slant towards one another as they extend downwardly to their juncture with the bottom wall. Each end wall includes a vertical slot extending downwardly to a lower end spaced above the bottom wall at a point which is a vertical distance approximately the same as the vertical distance to which the bottom wall is arched upwardly. Each end wall includes a thickened portion forming a buttress pad at the lower end of the slots and formed integrally with the end walls.