The invention provides a food forming device, which can efficiently produce plate shaped rice needed for producing sushi The food forming device comprises the following components: a rolling part (4) for rolling foods a placing part (6), which is used for placing food rolled by the rolling part (4) and moving the foods a detection part (10), which detects existence of the foods in a direction crosses towards the movement of the placing part, wherein the on predetermined conditions determined by the detection part (10), the placing part (6) moves a placing surface (61) or stops the movement of the placing part (61).
