Abstract: A peeler for fruits and vegetables having a handle for gripping the peeler and having a pair of head portions which diverge from a fore end of the handle and between which a cutting blade is supported. An elongated, generally rectangular plate member such as a thin plastic plate is fixedly secured to one of the head portions, whereby the cutting blade can peel the fruits and vegetables with one face of the plate member being maintained in sliding contact therewith when the peeler is moved relative to the fruits and vegetables in the direction from the fore end to opposite rear end of the handle.