Abstract: A food cutter is driven by a dishwasher pump located at the pump inlet to reduce the size of food particles rinsed from the dishware items washed. The food cutter includes a wire element having a wound section encircling a thread formed on a rotary driven shaft with a cutter arm portion extending radially outwardly. The wound section is frictionally restrained at its opposite end, while the direction of wind of the wound section relative to the direction of pump rotation is such as to tend to result in radial expansion of the windings causing the cutter element to be loosened in its engagement with the thread and thereby allowing a slip clutch action to prevent jamming or breakage of the cutter element. The frictional restraint of the end of the wound section is provided by a radially extending tab engaging a shoulder formed on the shaft to insure proper releasing action at a predetermined torque level.