Worktop savers are flat boards similar to cutting boards but usually incorporating various designs and motifs that are used in semi permanent position on a kitchen work surface to protect the surface from hot and otherwise damaging cooking vessels. Worktop savers can also be used as a cutting board however glass worktop savers will tend to blunt kitchen knife blades.

Worktop savers come in a variety of materials though usually they are glass, they make excellent multi purpose kitchen aids, for example peeling potatoes on a worktop saver will protect the work surface from mess and also means that all peelings can be easily lifted into the bin.