To think a fully equipped kitchen for 6 people must include...

[PenguinsAreAce]

...amongst other essentials the following items:
Wooden spoon or plastic/silicon equivalent
Whisk
Spatula
Scales
Large bowl big enough to make salad/ cake mix / whatever for six people
More than one tea towel (for 7 days)

Bonus points if you can guess what has inspired this.

@PenguinsAreAce the first time we came here I nearly cried with happiness at the stick blender. One of my kids was terribly fussy and it meant we could have some fresh sauces he could eat. When we weren't eating chips, obviously.

I have a small box of essentials i always take

sharp knife (in cover which is sharpener too)
wooden spatula
flat griddle style pan
Paper towel
two tea towels and a hand towel
salt and pepper grinders
oil
ketchup & Mustard
Tin opener and bottle opener

I just find there are certain things that are essential whatever they think. I remember a cottage for 6 where there was cutlery for 4...

Small blunt knife nearly amputated 10yr old's finger this afternoon when she offered to help chop carrots (ok might be exaggerating here, but it did slip and nearly land on her finger). Sharp knives are safr.

I contend a wooden spoon is essential. See above reference to daily porridge. Also scrambled eggs. And stir frying veg -nothing except a bizarre large metal spoon?

No frying pan big enough to make a stir fry for six either. Pans all 'family of four' size, not 'so hungry they might chew your arm off family of six' sized.

If it's important to you, you need to assume they won't have it and take it with you.

Sharp knives are important to me in kitchen so I take my own, or at the very least my steel to holiday let's. Scales I've never seen. And I've stayed in some very swanky places. But also rarely use so they may have been there i just didn't see them as i could cope without.

My friend does holiday lets. At the upper end of the market the idea is that it sound be a home away from home with everything you want. Egg slicers included. Centerparcs is not that end of the market.

Centerparcs wants you to eat out at their overpriced restaurants. You staying in cooking food from asda that you picked up on your way over does not make then any money! Basic kitchen with no cupboard space for you to actually store enough food for 8 people, and tiny fridges are all you will get.

But. There was a wine fridge last time I went. So all is forgiven. Even if asda did forget to include my gin in the click and collect order. So I had to buy over priced bombay sapphire from the little shop instead. At least my tonic was chilled

Just not all day every day for a week.

Surely there must be a market for one 'foodie' type outlet doing street foody type stuff? Smoothies, juice bar, felafel, hummous etc etc? I don't want v expensive sit down food all week, but fat and healthy option would be good.

Ok, recommend me somewhere better for next year that's not Center Parcs. Swimming facilities essential. Sports stuff also a big attraction. Fully functional self cat in plus decent food.

Equally envious stork. Can you tell us where this amazing kitchen is?

No, not self cat... self catering.

Wine fridge . No wine fridge here.

Have you checked the list of what is supposed to be there and called if anything is missing? We were missing a frying pan once, I called and a brand new one was at the villa within 15 mins.

I always take tea towels, sharp knives, big pans and scales.

As I said, we have stayed in many holiday lets. I can only think of one without scales. And none without several other items mentioned (oven gloves, wooden spoon...)

Center Parcs in Belgium had a very well equipped kitchen when we went last year. They know what their guests want, the Belgians do (and the holiday was a fraction of the UK price).

You make cakes on holidays!??

zzzz no idea if supermarkets will deliver here. I guess not, as not seen any vans and they want us to shop at the mini Parc Market which doesn't sell a large number of things we would want. I'm not a fan of Waitrose, too pricey, prefer Aldi to Asda.

Why on earth would you make cakes when on holiday?

In our holiday cottages it's a strict rule: minimal cooking. If I have to do much more than heat it up, we ain't having it.

Yes, absolutely make cakes on hols. Love baking and so do kids. Vastly cheaper and nicer than shop bought

@Vonklump

UK

Ceto because we actually like food, and have more time for that sort of thing on holiday than at home. As a family of six catering is near constant anyway and buying all ready meals or eating out gets way too expensive. Dinner last night cost £80+

But it's work. On holidays!

No frying pan big enough to make a stir fry for six either

I dunno if ANY pan is big enough to make stir fry for 6 people?

That would be 3 packs of noodles and 3 packs of the mixed veg plus a few more nice bits like peppers.

@PenguinsAreAce
I'm told Bluestone is very nice. Not been so can't comment on kitchen essentials.

Minstrelsareyum tell me more about Belgium CP? I had heard they are the business. It's only the travel time that puts me off.

Two weeks in a Centre Parcs? Dear God, that sounds hells before you get anywhere near the kitchen.