Apparatus and method for portioning food

ababababababababA device and a method for portioning food, in particular meat, into portions with a predetermined weight and/or predetermined thickness are proposed. To this end a press unit with at least two elongated press chambers and with respectively one closure element per press chamber, a closure element drive in order to displace the closure element in the press chamber and to adjust the cross section of the press chamber, at least one pressure ram for the press chambers, which is equipped with a pressure ram drive in order to displace the pressure ram in the longitudinal direction of the press chamber, a portioning plate with several portioning chambers, a portioning plate drive in order to move the portioning plate relative to the press unit, a cutting element between the press unit and the portioning plate and a cutting element drive in order to move the cutting element relative to the press unit are provided.