About Us

Ambrosi Cutlery started in 1930 by Giacomo Ambrosi in New York City. His son Leo continued the tradition and today it is owned and operated by Giacomo’s grandson Robert Ambrosi and his two sons, Mark and Jason.

We are professionally trained knife sharpeners and pride ourselves on expert sharpening and a boat load of knowledge about professional cutlery and food cutting equipment.

Read our online interview with “The City Cook”

“Based in New York’s Hudson Valley, Ambrosi Cutlery is a fourth generation cutlery business that takes care of knives for professional chefs, butchers, other food merchants — and home cooks.  They come to New York almost daily to pick up knives and cutting equipment, then bring them back to their upstate facility where they do sharpening, polishing and repairs.  Then the knives are re-delivered back to the customer. For home cooks, single knives can be shipped to and from Ambrosi through the mail (wrap them carefully and pack in a box).  For a bigger order, they will coordinate a city pick-up either at your home or by leaving them with one of Ambrosi’s commercial customers.” Continue Reading »

Read about us and sharpening knives in “The City Cook”

“Ambrosi Cutlery, a full-service cutlery family-owned operation located in Hudson Valley, began as a service for restaurants and butcher shops across NYC and later expanded to the home market. They were recently profiled in The New York Times and we wrote about them here at The City Cook last year.” Continue Reading »