Abstract: An automatic enclosed food slicing apparatus including a housing defining a slicing compartment and a food compartment and including a cover. The cover has an open position allowing access to the food compartment and a closed position preventing access to the food compartment. A feed bed is located within the food compartment for placing food to be sliced, and a gripper moves the food along the feed bed and into the slicing compartment. A blade slices the food as it moves into the slicing compartment. A motor is drivingly connected to the blade to rotate the blade and drivingly connected to the gripper to move the gripper along the feed bed. A controller controls the speed at which the blade rotates, and the speed at which the gripper moves along the feed bed. A conveyor located within the slicing compartment and extending out from the slicing compartment accepts the sliced food product and through communication with the electronic controls arranges the sliced product into desirable “layout” configurations.