Introducing you to the 101 BEST EVER wedding registry kitchen gift ideas. Featuring wedding registry basics, wedding registry must haves and wedding registry best items. With all items for your perfect married life kitchen.
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Wedding RegistryFor Your Kitchen
Dominic and I have been married 16 and a half years as I typethis. We got married on the 25th of January 2003, on the third anniversaryof being a couple. I was 20 and it was the weekend before my 21st birthday.
It was a wonderful wedding with about 35 people at our wedding reception and about 150 at our evening party.
It was such a long time ago, that it was before Amazon, eBayand such like, so the choices for wedding registry was limited. In the end wewent with a UK catalogue company and got lots of things on our wedding registrylist.
It wasn’t a great wedding registry, but it was okay.
When you’re young and you don’t have much choice you just gowith what is available to you.
But what always gets me about a wedding registry is how manyitems are based in the kitchen, when you have lots of rooms in your house thatyou want to fill with wedding list gifts.
As a kitchen gadgets blogger, I feel like my wedding registry kitchen gifts guide iswell overdue.
While June is the month when a lot of people get married or in the process of planning the wedding of their dreams, I wanted to share with you each Thursday this month, how to create the perfect wedding registry for the kitchen with Amazon.
Wedding RegistryHow It Works?
The Wedding RegistryKitchen regardless of if you run one with Amazonlike I recommend, tends to work the same from retail store to online store.
Wedding RegistryWorks By:
- Creating an account
- Choosing your wedding gifts wish list
- Making the wish list public to your potential guests
- Checking your wedding registry to see what has been purchased
- Editing your wedding registry whenever you want
After Your Wedding:
- Return items you no longer want (you have 180 days)
- Purchase extra items using gift vouchers you were given
It is the perfect way of your guests buying you exactly whatyou want and not been left with 6 toasters and 20 brand new kettles.
It is also a perfect way to get kitchen items for yourwedding when you already have plenty of items and you can focus on items you wishyou had but couldn’t justify buying before.
Amazon WeddingRegistry Benefits
You will find that when you have guests coming to yourwedding, they will have different amounts they will want to spend, and somewill want to make more of an effort than others.
This is wonderfulbecause:
- Lower earning guests can choose items under $25
- Lazy guests can just grab a gift certificate
- Groups of friends (think your college mates) can club together to buy one gift
You can then apply the Amazon gift cards to your balance andwhat gifts people didn’t buy you that you still want you can buy after thewedding.
BUT it gets better, Amazon also gives you a 20% discount off items not purchased.
Let’s do the maths:
Imagine if 5 of your guests get you a $100 gift voucher each.You apply this $500 to your account. You have $600 of items you still want tobuy and with the 20% discount they will now cost you $480. Leaving you with anextra $20 sat in your Amazon account for later.
Below you will find 101BEST EVER Wedding Registry Kitchen Gifts that I recommend.
My Wedding RegistryKitchen recommendations has been split into:
- Wedding Registry Basics (items under $25)
- Wedding Registry Must Haves (mid range must haves)
- Wedding Registry Best Items (expensive wish list items)
This is ideal because you don’t want to hurt the feels of apoor wedding guest by expecting them to spend $100 for attending your wedding.They can then choose a lower ticket item and not feel guilty.
Plus, it is perfect for keeping track of who bought what, soin 20 years you still have a record of what guests attended your wedding andwhat amazing gifts they bought you.
Kitchen Wedding Registry Basics
Gift cards are essential as some wedding guests will notwant to make the effort and buying a present and its so quick for them to justgift you a set amount. You can then bulk them up for the gifts from your listthat have not been purchased.
I love sheet pan cooking and there are some fantastic sheetpan sets, ready for your first oven. If you choose a good quality one it willlast for years.
For those romantic days when you want to binge on cookiestogether. Or you want to make breaded chicken in the air fryer, and you want tomake less mess. There are also plenty of them for sale for under $15.
Perfect for using in cupcakes, muffins, baked eggs, minipies and so much more. You could use them repeatedly and they will last thetest of time.
Home cooking wouldn’t be the same without some good kitchenscales. Even though I like to use measuring cups in certain recipes, cups don’tdo accuracy. Especially, when you’re using dry ingredients like flour and oats.
Spring form pans are NOTjust for making cheesecakes. I love cheesecakes too, but I use it for a lot ofdifferent bakeware in the kitchen and its fantastic. This set of 3 is a greatstarting point and you could make birthday cakes in this, or maybe make youranniversary cake next year?
If you want a standard cake/baking pan instead of spring form pans (or as well as) I recommend this 3-piece set. I often use baking pans in my Air Fryer and Instant Pot, and they are also fantastic for using in the oven and in other kitchen gadgets too.
From a kitchen safety point of view, it is a good idea tohave a kitchen thermometer. They are perfect for checking meat, especially ifyou’re cooking meat in a slow cooker or a Sous Vide.
Meat can taste so much better if you pound it with a meattenderiser. We recommend a simple one that will fit in your kitchen drawer on yourwedding registry list. As you get used to using it you can upgrade to a betterone later.
Imagine a year from now having a romantic dinner for two athome. Air Fryer Steak + Fries is on the menu. And you’re reminiscing about yourwedding and the lovely steak knives that you received.
Many chefs consider the most important tool in the kitchento be a good set of knives and a knife sharpener. I couldn’t imagine not havinga knife sharpener in my kitchen drawer and I recommend adding it to yourwedding list.
I use my mason jars for so many different things. They arenot just for making jam! I also use them for growing herbs, making homemademarinades, lemon curd, picnic salads and so much more. I recommend you place atleast one set on your wedding list.
If you love eggs for breakfast, then you need some cute little egg cups. These little ones are my all time favourite and just shout out lazy Saturday mornings as you enjoy the start of married life.
Now this is essential in my cooking and I have the exactsame one in my kitchen. If I have a lot to measure out, then I will use this one.I also love using it for storing leftovers in the fridge. Such as when I ammaking bone broth and I am waiting for it to cool down, before it goes in thefreezer.
If you love to make biscuits, cookies, gingerbread men andsuch like, then you need some good quality baking cutters that will last.
I love my glass containers from Pyrex, and it is AMAZING how long they last and thequality of them, considering how low in price they are. You can also use them laterif you plan on getting into freezer meals.
While we are planning our wedding registry of kitchenaccessories and kitchen tools, the kettle often gets overlooked. A good kettleis still essential in a kitchen and I use mine regularly.
How is it in today’s modern world, that we still need a can opener?It amazes me how many things I buy that don’t have a pull can lid. Especiallywhen I buy cans of coconut milk or use a different brand of tinned tomatoes. Itis always better to be safe than sorry and have one available in the drawer.
I have a great lemon zester and grater set like the one above.They are fantastic for a quick grate and it amazes me how much zest they canget off those dry limes or unripe lemons.
Jokes aside after losing fingers, they are a lot safer thanthey used to be and can generate amazing looking fruit and vegetables. Plus, itsaves you the effort of doing all that slicing and dicing. I have a brightorange version and love it for when I need pretty veg.
If you love your zoodles, or follow a low carb diet, then aspiralizer is a MUST. It makes it soeasy to make veggie pasta and is much cheaper than buying veg that has alreadybeen spiralized.
Carrying on with the healthy theme, if you love salad thenyou need a salad spinner. We don’t have one in the Milner house because I justdon’t eat that much salad and it seems a waste of money to us. Instead when wehave salad, we just use a sieve to wash the lettuce.
I love my garlic, but I hate having to chop it up as it can bevery time consuming. Instead you can put an XL garlic chopper on your weddingregistry, and it will save you so much time in meal prep later.
Following up on low prep you can also add a pineapple corerto your wedding registry kitchen must have list. They are an amazing bit of kitand can save you so much time. I mean who seriously wants to prep a pineapple?
As an avocado superfan I would be lost without my avocadoslicer. They make it so much easier and saves you a lot of time and mess.
In a similar way to how to remove the core from the freshpineapple you can also get a corn zipper. They quickly remove the corn from thecorn on the cob and make it easy to serve fresh corn for dinner. A geniuslittle kitchen gadget tool that will save you a lot of money over the years.
You can use these for grapes, olives or even cherry tomatoes. It slices them quickly and efficiently so that you can spend more time cooking and less time doing kitchen prep.
When I think of how long it takes me to slice a banana, I wasthinking this wedding gift was a bit over the top. But it cuts them so, so fastand it perfectly cuts them ready for how you plan to eat them.
I love cooking with fresh herbs. But it wasn’t untilrecently that I discovered how good having herb scissors could be. They are atthe right sharpness and make it such an easy task.
Another of my favourites for fresh herbs is to have a herb mill.You can then quickly get all your favourite herbs prepped into jars for cookingwith.
Don’t you just HATEsmelly onions in the fridge? That time when you have half an onion left fromlunch and place it in the fridge for dinner and it stinks the fridge out. Wellthere is such a thing as an onion cover to keep your onion in and to stop the smellfrom spreading.
Okay I admit it right now. I am terrible at separating eggsand I always shout out to my chef husband for assistance! He does a fine job atit, but if I had an egg separator it would make life in the kitchen easier.
Just like having an egg separator, we also recommend addingto your wedding wish list an egg cracker.
I also love to have an egg timer in my kitchen. Not only canyou use it for timings for boiled eggs, but it is great for other things too. Iuse it when I am cooking something in the oven, and I am worried I will forgetabout it. But be warned, if you have kids they will think it is their toy!
Don’t you just HATE trying to get the stones out of your cherries and olives? Well there is now a solution and it is so easy to use. Using this little kitchen gadget will save you a lot of time and stress.
Sometimes you can find a new kitchen gadget and think howcool it is and wish you had one too. Well this is me with the butter dispenser.Total love at first sight moment. Just add your butter and it will slice it howyou want it.
You have a similar option when it comes to batter too. Youcan add in all your batter, let it do the work for you and then dispense it asyou need it.
I love a chip and dip bowl set. They are perfect for aromantic night in for two on movie night. Or a girl’s only night in with wine andtapas.
To make your table look good when you have visitors, or justto save you money, you need a salt and pepper grinder. This is a good exampleof one, but you can of course choose one that suits you best.
I use my wooden spoons almost every time that I cook. Havinga good set of 3 is essential in everyday cooking. Just ask your mum how oftenshe uses hers!
I have an XL chopping board just like this one. It isamazing and not only is it great for chopping a lot of food at the same time,but it doubles up as a serving tray. Just pile your finger food on it andserve. No washing up is the order of the day! The only downsize to them is howheavy they are and how annoying they are for washing up.
I also recommend a regular sized chopping board for everydayuse. The best option is to get a bamboo one as they tend to last longer and areeasy to clean and maintain.
I love this cute little set of measuring cups and the bestthing about them is the shape. They are shaped flatter than most, so they willfit inside all your favourite cooking jars.
We all need a cute butter dish in our lives. After all, lifeis not the same without butter! And doesn’t it make food taste better? I liketo use a little ramekin or a cute dish like this to store the butter I am currentlyusing in.
You’re probably thinking looks here. But doesn’t it lookfantastic when the dinner table has a nice gravy boat, rather than justbringing the pan to the table? My frugal self loves a gravy boat if it is a giftbut would never go out and buy one!
I am a mum to under 5’s so you can imagine that I never can find a tea towel when I need one! Mainly because I am cleaning up after small kids, but also because Sofia uses them as blankets for her dolls.
I love these his and hers aprons. They are so cute. Plus,they will last a long time and it will save on spillages on you. Plus, if youhave a browse around Amazon you will find some fantastic romantic apronchoices.
These bag openers are used traditionally for preppingfreezer meals. But I also love them for marinating food or sandwich making. Whenwe are prepping for a picnic, they get used the most.
I love this clip-on strainer for using with your pans orwith the Instant Pot. It is perfect for a quick strain without burning yourselfor worrying about putting all the food in a strainer.
I love my ravioli press and it hardly takes up any room inmy kitchen. It is perfect for quickly making ravioli and then cooking it inyour air fryer. Simply roll your ravioli pasta over the press and it will pressthe ravioli for you. Just imagine all those amazing fillings you could do.
We still have the mugs from our wedding registry from whenwe got married and still use them regularly. You can get a his and hers setlike this on your wedding list and then family and friends can get them engravedfor a personal touch.
I love this because it can be a lot more personal than JUST an average kitchen accessory.Instead the person gifting it to you can fill it with their favourite familyrecipes. Or you can add all your favourites into the book as and when youcreate them. Then one day pass it to your kids to keep.
Kitchen WeddingRegistry Must Haves
It wasn’t until I got a good plastic storage set in mypantry, that I realised what a life saver they were. They make a pantry so muchneater and it stops all those bags of food falling out and spilling everywhere.I also recommend placing a quantity of 2 onto your wedding registry.
You need a good kitchen utensil set to get started in the kitchen.I love this one as it has everything you could possibly need. Though let’s faceit, the ladle will always get used the most!
As well as this a set of cutting boards is also fantastic.They are then colour coded for what you’re cutting and it’s great for healthand safety. Think keeping fresh vegetables away from raw chicken and so on. ButI like them best for dinner parties or for Thanksgiving and Christmas when you havelots going on and need more than one cutting board.
Or another idea is when you go camping. Just take one smallone from this set away with you and it will take up less space than yourregular cutting boards.
As well as the cutting board set, I highly recommend gettinga nest of bowls as well. We bought this for when we moved into our current homeand love them. In fact, I doubt I go a day without using them. They are allstacked nicely together, and it saves on storage.
I also recommend getting a set of small jars that you can use for your herbs and spices. This spice jars set that I recommend above comes with pretty stickers so that you can label up all your herbs and spices.
You will also need a good plate set for when you’re eatingas the new mr and mrs. I recommend this starter set, but when you look onAmazon you might find another set that you like more. I recommend you get a quantityof 2 or enough for 6-8 people. This is because if you have guests, or if somebreak you have a backup.
I also recommend that you have a good knife block and knifeset. You will be amazed once you’re married how often you will use it. You canalso keep the knife block forever and then just update and add new knives asand when you use them.
We received a fantastic looking cutlery set for us to use inour wedding list. It was perfect for Sunday dinners of when we had familyaround. It was from someone that had not consulted the wedding list and justbought us it anyway. We loved it and still have it now.
You can also add a cheapset like this for everyday use too.
You can also add in some wine glasses for when you arehaving a romantic night in for two, or for when you have visitors. We haveabout 3 sets and you can build up a bigger set over time.
Do you love quiche and pies? Well you need one of theselittle pie makers! They are fantastic or so easy for making those little pies. Ilike them best for making quiches from leftovers. That little bit of leftovermeat you have from Sunday dinner can be thrown in with some homemade pastry.
I love this for making a quick delicious breakfast fornewlyweds. Imagine Sunday mornings with this breakfast maker, before snugglingin front of the TV and enjoying a relaxing Sunday.
I love to have a set of serving trays. They are perfect foroutdoor eating and indoor eating. Or when you want a movie night with a fewsnacks. I prefer a set of 3 that way I can use them for different things thatwe are eating.
As far as bakeware goes, I find that it is easier as a homecook to buy an all in one set. That way you have most things without having toget lots of different purchases. Then astime passes you can just add to your list anything you left out.
There is plenty of choice when it comes to a good qualitycookware set. BUT I love thiscookware set from Rachel Ray the most. It is beautiful and you just know itwill last. It is also priced in the medium range making it affordable for yourwedding guests.
Featuring 2 cast iron skillets. A medium and large and perfectfor day to day cooking. I love cooking in a skillet, and they will last you yearsand years. I can imagine keeping them for so long that you have a romantic dinnerfrom them on your 10th wedding anniversary.
Away from my electrical kitchen gadgets, I cook the most outof my cast iron Dutch oven. It is amazing how good they look after a lot of useand my current one I have had for over 3 years. Just think of all those deliciousstews, casseroles and one pot dinners you can cook in it.
This is one of my true love kitchen products that is anabsolute must have for your kitchen registry. Think delicious baked chicken,baked pork chops, roast potatoes and other yummy small items that you want tobake in the oven.
If you love Chinese food, then I recommend getting a wok.Its been a big part of our kitchen for many years and we couldn’t imagine nothaving one.
Kick starting the kitchen gadgets with a waffle maker. Somethingto put on your kitchen wedding registry if you can imagine eating waffles forbreakfast or brunch.
The same can be said with the Panini Press. If you love warmsandwiches for brunch, then a Panini Press is an absolute MUST. You can fill them with any of your favourite sandwichfillings and serve them with your favourite salad.
I make my popcorn in my Instant Pot. BUT before that the first kitchen gadget I ever owned was a popcornmaker. It was amazing and did an awesome job. Just load it up with your favouritetoppings and you’re good to go. You can also make them as healthy or unhealthyas you like, and they make romantic movie nights perfect.
Or my other favourite type of movie night with romantic foodmust be the fondue set. You can either have it savoury with cheese sauce andhomemade bread or go sweet with chocolate sauce and strawberries. Thoughnowadays I tend to do ours in the air fryer.
If you love pasta, then how about a pasta maker that hasbeen made in Italy? You couldn’t get any more authentic than that! I have madepasta from scratch myself with a pasta maker and it’s a fantastic way to bring Italyto your kitchen.
If you LOVE icecream as much as me, then you will want an ice cream maker on your wedding giftlist. They are the BEST and so easyto use. Ours came from Italy and we have had it for 3+ years.
A rice cooker is essential if you love your rice for lunchor dinner. While chicken is cooking in your slow cooker, your rice can beeffortlessly made in the rice cooker. Perfect if you love your rice and want aneasy option.
I love making my own yoghurt and if you want to make yourown too. Then this yoghurt maker will be perfect for you. You could also use itto make dairy free alternatives if you don’t have dairy in your diet.
I used to have a 3-tier food steamer and used it a lot whenDominic and I needed to lose weight. We would cook broccoli on the top level,potatoes on the middle and salmon at the bottom. It was a fantastic lunch andwe looked forward to it.
Though my favourite lazy way to cook is with my slow cooker.In fact, I love the slow cooker so much I have 2 of them. The first one I receivedas a gift the year after I got married and I still use it a lot now. The 2ndis a much bigger one that I bought more recently as our family has grown.
This leads me to the most used kitchen gadget on Recipe Thisand that is the Instant Pot Pressure Cooker. It is a lifesaver in the kitchen,and this is the exact model that we bought first. We also have their largerversion too.
I also recommend that you get an Instant Pot all in one bundle added to yourwedding registry as it will save having to buy it all later, as there is a lotthat you need for your Instant Pot.
I love my hand blender so much, that I took it with me lastsummer as we travelled around Europe. It is a fantastic way to quickly blendfood without having to get your big blender out. I use it mainly with myInstant Pot for blending soups as well as sauces and baby food.
Or for a Plan B (or you can have both) a good qualityblender can make a huge difference to your kitchen. We got our current onenearly 4 years ago and even though we use it most days it is still in excellentcondition.
A hand mixer is also a good quick bit of kit too. It savesgetting a stand mixer out and is perfect for quickly making chocolate chipcookies. They also last a long time and you won’t have to replace it a year fromnow.
Another kitchen favourite is a juicer. We have ours becauseliving here in Portugal, fresh oranges are everywhere. We must pass 10 farmersfields with oranges growing on our way home from the local town. In summer it isnice to enjoy lots of fresh orange juice.
I love my soup maker and it is perfect for those winter dayswhen you want a comforting soup, but don’t want to make much effort withcooking dinner. Then serve it with your favourite bread.
If you’re making your own soup in your soup maker, then whynot invest in a bread maker. We originally had one on our wedding list back in2003 and sadly, we didn’t use it that much. BUT we have one now and can’t stop using it. Just think how oftenyou would use it and if its worth it for you.
Some people like to have a food processor in their kitchen,whilst others do not. I am one that doesn’t. Just because I prefer to use my blenderand I don’t shred that much food. Only put it on your kitchen wedding registryif it is something you can imagine using regularly.
I love having an indoor electrical grill that I can usewhenever I want some grilled chicken or fish. It is also fantastic for somepork chops or pork steak too. They are also fantastic for camping with too.
They never had air fryers when I got married. Yet now theyare EVERYWHERE. When I got marriedit was the deep fat fryer, yet we now have the air fryer as a much betterhealthier alternative.
I also recommend that you get an air fryer accessories bundle added to yourwedding registry as it will save having to buy it all later.
I haven’t owned a microwave since 2004 and have never missedit. But I know many people consider it to be essential in their kitchen, so Ihave decided to include it. The reason we don’t use it is because we don’t eatmicrowave meals or processed foods and we find people that do, use them a lot.
Also, the air fryer can make a fantastic microwave. If youcan see yourself using it regularly then do add it.
Kitchen WeddingRegistry Best Items
I mentioned in the kitchen wedding registry must haves that a Rachel Ray cookware set was an excellent medium price range option. But this is a more expensive option, but it also comes with the bakeware, so it saves adding the bakeware to your list separately.
If you ask any married American, they will tell you thatthis is the most important item to have on your kitchen wedding registry list.You can use it for a lot of different recipes, and it can make life in thekitchen so much easier. Yet I don’t own one and don’t know anyone in Europewith one. I tend to use a blender and a hand mixer for what I need. I willleave the choice up to you.
I don’t drink coffee, but my husband does and loves hiscoffee machine. I bought it for him for Christmas 2012 and it is still in greatcondition and has lasted. I also bought my uncle one on the same year and againhe also got a lot of use out of it.
I love a meat grinder, but it is not for everyone. We haveone at home and it is perfect for turning some leftover turkey into mincedturkey or for making homemade sausages with.
I bought my mum a meat slicer for Christmas one year, many,many years ago and she loved it. She loves to make meat roasts and it wasperfect for her. If you can imagine slicing a lot of meat, then add it to yourwedding registry.
Often overlooked on wedding registry guides is a barbecuefor the summer. For when your friends and family that attended your weddingcome around for summer gatherings. You can then show off those amazing giftsthat you had bought for you.
What Now?
I recommend that you take action and start creating your wedding registry on Amazon. It offers so many great benefits and is so easy to use.
All the 101 BestWedding Registry Kitchen Gifts I have mentioned above are easy to add andyou can tailor them to suit your needs. If you follow a low carb diet then youcan ignore the bread maker and get the spiralizer. Or if you already have someitems then you can add some new similar items.
It is your wedding registry kitchen gifts list and ultimatelyit is down to personal choice and what you plan to use in your kitchen.
I hope this wedding registry gift guide has been helpful toyou and best of luck with your wedding.
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