This is so much fun - and but can be annoying for the parents!

Despite this toy being aimed at 12-36 month olds, we were given it as a gift for my daughters first birthday and she loves it. They can currently be bought on Amazon for about £12-15.

Initially we were concerned as to why a baby needed to be older to play with it, but the peices are all baulky and made of sturdy plastic, so there was no choking risk. When she started chewing on the peices (as she inevitably would), there were no issues. No paint coming off or chips coming away, the peices remained fully intact.

The pieces themselves are as bright as the blue pot - Sweetcorn (yellow), Tomato (red), Peas (green), brocolli (also green), cheese (orange) and a large spoon. The 'pot' likes to sing as ingrediants are added, and plays a game where it asks for colours and/or certain items. It also says 'open' and 'closed' when putting it's lid on. Playing with this has really improved my daughters dexterity and we also used it as a fun way to introduce her to the concept of 'tidying up'. She is not allowed tea until all the items were in the pot ready to be cooked! After all - you can't have dinner raw! She also likes getting one of the peices of food in the spoon and offerring it around, which is lovely to see!

Be warned though - it does have a delay time on it when 'cooking' the food, so don't do what we did, and take your daughter to be bed, come down to watch a horror film, only for a voice to suddenly sing 'It's ready' from the corner of the room in the middle of it. Made us both jump!