KitchenCraft Plastic Non-Stick Pastry Mat with Measurements, 61 x 45 cm (24" x 17"), White

Bought as a novelty but practical prize for a charity bake off event, the winner has been really impressed with this mat.I've got to admit that for some reason I didn't think the pastry mat would be as big as it is, but obviously it has to be, so that you get a wide variety of dimensions to roll your pastry out to. It isn't very flexible so doesn't roll up well, so you need to be able to slot this down the side of a cupboard etc. for storage. Having said that, our winner was pleased with the size as the mat isn't necessarily being used just for measuring pastry - it's come in very handy for when his 2 young children bake - the mat covers a wide area and is very easy to wipe clean. Given it's portable nature, it can be put on a coffee table or other lower surface which makes baking with the children a lot easier.All in all, a very good quality, practical product.

I expected this pastry mat to arrive all rolled up like most silicone mats that I have seen before but this one arrived in a very large flat sheet approx A2 size but is so much better than I anticipated! It is made from hard plastic not soft silicone as I thought it would be (like most other pastry mats I've seen before) and therefore when you are using it stays perfectly flat to work on! With the arrival of winter I found myself making more warming things like pies and thatched soups and this has just made my life that bit easier and made it so much easier to clean up afterwards as before I had been forced to gently scrape down my solid oak worktops with a large knife to get all the pastry up whereas now all it takes is a quick wipe down of the mat! So glad I bought this mat!!!

I bought this mat to decorate a cake with icing. I have only made two cakes but I am still using this mat very often as it is very good for dough rolling and kneading. The dough does not stick to the mat, I do sprinkle a bit of flour on it. It also has vertical and horizontal rulers in inches and cm, very useful if you want to control the size of the dough when rolling it.The only problem is that you cannot fold it so it takes a lot of space and it is not easy to clean so that is why I don't give 5 stars to this product. I use dettol wipes to clean it after each use, I think it will be a total mess if I try to wash the mat in the kitchen sink.

I had to write this review as it has had so many bad reviews. I bought this mat 3 years ago as I had had a new kitchen and wanted to keep the work top pristine as it is a faux slate one and not completely smooth.I found it moved to begin with but if you wipe the worktop over with a damp dishcloth it seems to form a suction and the mat stays in place. As it can not be rolled up I keep it in the bag it came with and slip it in at the side of the frige but I thought the idea or putting on a clip hanger and hanging it in the wardrobe a good idea so I will try that

i bought this matt, as it was like one my mum has had for 30 years!however, her matt STILL has all of its printing intact, where as the printed measures and circles on the underside of this mat just comes off, after the first use!!huge area of the printing is gone from my mat after only a few uses, and i have only hand cleaned it with a soft cloth and water!the 2nd time i used it the benchtop was slightly was slightly damp from being wiped down and once the matt was placed on top and used, the printing was left on the surface of the damp bench!although the actual surface is good for rolling out things on, and is a good large size, it was really disappointing about the quality of the printing!the reason i bought the matt was because it had the circular sizes etc on it and that was useful, but it is just going to all come off eventually...why is it that my mum can have something made 30 years ago , and it still looks as good as new, but these days ,everything is so rubbish quality that it breaks down after the first use?i was going to complain and ask for another one, but i figured- whats the point? the next will do exactly the same again!buy it if you want a good surface for rolling, but not because you want to make use of the measures and sizes on it!

Came well wrapped rolled up in a cardboard. Seems to be big enough for kneading/making fondant, rolling out fondant for cakes and as a work surface area liner for making flowers and characters etc with fondant. Hope to use this for making rotis/parathas etc too. The sizing print might come handy though not a must for me atm. The only down side is when storing this, it will have to either be put in a tube storer or be tied with a string to keep it rolled in place or a huge file folder like thing.

This pastry mat is very useful indeed. I actually used it to roll out a very large piece of fondant icing for a birthday cake. As the icing was too large to lift off the mat without breaking, I just held the mat upsidedown over the cake and the icing peeled off beautifully, landing in exactly the right position without cracking or breaking. The only downside is that the mat is very large and doesn't roll up but I've solved that problem by covering it with polythene and suspending it by a skirt hanger in the corner of my wardrobe where it takes up hardly any room and keeps nice and flat. Good value for money.

Why did I struggle for so long, with flour everywhere and so much cleaning up to do?? This mat is superb. It covers such an area that all "fall out" is on the mat, and it is the exact size of the area I use in the kitchen for rolling out pastry. Had read comments that storage had been difficult as the mat could not be rolled but it does come in a plastic container which has a useful "handle", so put it back in the plastic container and hang it on a hook on the inside of the pantry door. The mat is then neatly stored out of the way.