Food product portioning

The present invention generally relates to the portioning of food product into portions having a predetermined size. In one aspect, the invention relates to forming cheese blocks of a predetermined size in a cheese block former. Disclosed herein is a food product portioning apparatus comprising: a rotary-to-linear movement device; a support device, such as a platform, connected to the rotary-to-linear movement for receiving the food product thereon and moveable to position the food product at a predetermined height; and a cutting apparatus to portion the food product at the predetermined height. Also disclosed is a method of portioning food product at a predetermined size. Applicable food products can include, but are not limited to, cheese and various other soft, malleable, portionable food products.