9 best kids’ toy kitchen accessories: Wooden sets your little cook will love

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and the geniuses at JoJo Maman Bebe know this all too well, creating this fabulous wooden set for little ones. Encouraging imaginative and social play, it comes with all you need for a perfect breakfast for two (23 wooden pieces) – there are plates, knives and spoons, a toaster, toast rack and butter dish. But, what will really capture your child’s attention is the special details, such as the honey and jam jars with screw lids, the Velcro on the bread loaf, butter and eggs meaning you can attach pieces together, and the wooden dial on the toaster that clicks when moved and a handle to push the toast up or down. Breakfast is well and truly served! 

While having a pizza oven alongside your toy kitchen may sound a little extra, this really is a top-notch addition which will see hours of imaginative play. The devil is in the detail here: It's made from sturdy, painted wood and the extra touches, like the bricks around the oven and illustrated hob, are great. Our little pizza chef enjoyed discovering that the mini pepper mill grinds and pretending to grate cheese. The pizza bases have a slight rim, meaning that all the ingredients (you have peppers, mushrooms, pepperoni and tomato slices to choose from) don't slide off once fully loaded and transitioned from the pizza paddle into the oven. It’s worth noting that this does require assembly, but the instructions were clear – it took us just under 30 minutes to put together.  

Our four-year-old tester couldn’t wait to tuck into these food crates from Big Jigs. With plenty of items fresh from the farm, such as yoghurt, cheese, fruit juice, bread and veggies, your budding chef will be creating delicious meals in no time. It’s a wonderful way to teach little ones about the importance of a healthy and balanced diet, while also explaining where food comes from and how meals are prepared. You’ll get 21 pieces in total, all of which are made from responsibly sourced and high-quality wood. Our favourite bit? The crates themselves, making light work of the post-playing kitchen tidy. 

Ready, steady, bake… Le Toy Van’s honeybake range dominates the play kitchen scene and for good reason. The mixer set has been ethically made from sustainable rubberwood and designed in England. Decorated with non-toxic paints, it features a moving whisk – which is operated by a simple turn dial and can be tilted – a rolling pin, and a bowl. You also get toy ingredients – flour, sugar and eggs. All pieces are smooth to the touch, and our aspiring baker even commented on how nice they felt in her hands. There are no small parts here, so it’s safe to play with children from the age of two.  

There’s a cool retro feel to this smoothie blender by French toy brand Djeco. Our four-year-old tester loves smoothies so naturally, she couldn’t wait to get mixing. There’s a selection of felt fruit pieces, two plastic cups and the blender which is a stylish combination of wood and plastic. Simply turn the handle and whizz up a healthy fruity treat, you’ll see the felt fruits dancing around inside the blender, and you can even garnish the glass with one of the larger orange pieces.

Take an imaginary trip to France with this wooden set; the main focus being the chic coffee machine which comes with three wooden coffee pods. Petit baristas can slot a capsule into the top of the machine, choose how much coffee to pour by using to the turning clicking button and then serve in a cool espresso mug. Of course, no French breakfast is complete without a pastry on the side. You can’t fault the cool design, which would look just as swish in a grown-up kitchen.  

One glance and you know this is true Scandinavian design. Wonderfully simple yet easy on the eye, the wooden set has been lovingly handmade and painted in water-based paint, which gets a big thumbs up from us. There are six weights to place on the scales, allowing little ones to experiment with weighing and counting. Turns out that the weights also make great additions to a dolls house, as these soon became little people in ours. 

Every toy kitchen needs this accessory set to allow a full cooking experience for budding chefs. With 22 pieces to get stuck into, set the timer, sauté, simmer, bake and boil, and don’t forget to season with the salt and pepper shakers. All the pieces are durable, which our rather noisy, heavy-handed little tester can concur. It’s also handy to be able to clean some of the plastic products in the top rack of the dishwasher. The included oven mitt and dish towel were stand-out features.

Kids love a tea party, and this is one of the sweetest sets on the market. There are 13 pieces all made from high-quality wood, and the tea bags are simple but so effective for imaginative role play. Our four-year-old tester loved carrying the tray and offering tea and cake to anyone who fancied.