Orchard Toys Crazy Chefs Game, Educational Matching and Memory Game for Children Age 3-6, Perfect for Kids, Family Game, Gift

The game is very similar to the shopping list game. Each child picks a finished meal card to cook. Then all of the ingredient cards and utensil cards are placed fat down on the table. Each player takes it in turns to turn a card over and check to see if it is on their place mat. If not they show it to everyone else in case they have it on their card, and turn it face down on the table. Each person takes their turn and continues this until you have all of the ingredients and utensils on your card. Then you turn to the game spinner. On this are different pictures including a plate which needs to be spun first so they can win one of the plate pieces to put their food on. Next they need to spin and land on the waiting child picture, so they can wait for their game to cook. Finally they need to plate their food up and eat their meal. The winner is the first person to achieve all these steps and place their food on the plate.OpinionThis game is perfect for teaching young children to wait and take turns, helps boost their memory skills and introduces them to everyday items. While introducing them to all these different things they still manage to make it a fun game that your child will want to play over and over again. As there are seven pieces to find on each card to find and five cards in total I do feel it can be hard for younger children to remember a massive 35 cards where theirs are after they are picked. For this reason I do have to set this up for them especially if only two are playing. By removing a few of the cards and their matching pieces it simplifies it for my children two, four and five. As they get older it can become more challenging as they will have to remember all the cards, but for now this is how we play it.Just like other games in the Orchard range we found this was perfect for all the family to play. It is more complicated with more players so we tend to stick to two or three of us playing at once as the children are so young. It is not a game I dread playing over and over again, and I am happy when this is picked out of the board games as I actually enjoy it. It is practical for younger children but still has a lovely family appeal as we can all play it together. The items are all clearly marked on the card in fun illustrations so they are recognisable to children and fun. The bright colours are engaging so they hold little ones attention while introducing them to new things. Little touches like having to place the finished meal in the chefs waiting hands seem to be amazing to my children. They still giggle each time they complete their meal and place it in the hands.This is another fantastic addition to our set from this range. It is more complicated than shopping list, and can be rather hard if all the pieces are put into play. The pieces are small so again they can be lost easily so you need to be very careful with them. Even at the full retail of £8 this is a fantastic toy that seems to appeal to each and every child that comes to play. It is simple yet interesting for younger children and still promotes a range of educational skills which is great. I would highly recommend this to anyone with young children as it is the perfect board game.

I normally don't write reviews, but this time I thought I'd take the time to appreciate this company. After all I heard that one can measure the quality of service not during the purchase but post-purchase. We received the game with a piece missing. After filling out a simple form we recieved the missing piece in no time. Apart from that, the game is very educational, fun and kids really enjoy playing it.

I bought this game to play with my 3boys ages 4,6 and 10. My 4 and 6year old love it and it has helped them both with turn taking which seems to be an issue in our house. My 10yr old claims he is too old for this game, but will play occasionally on his brothers request and clearly enjoys it.Just a side note: The game is very similar to Orchard Toys Shopping List game, which could be either a positive or negative. If you already own the Shopping List game and are looking to purchase a different game from Orchard, I would recommend purchasing something different to this one, due to the similarities. However it is a great game and this is a small gripe. All the game pieces are made of very thick cardboard so its pretty durable. The pictures are fun and colourful and there is a good variety of ingredients and things to 'cook', from cupcakes to kebabs.The game: Each player picks a chef board which has 7different ingredients/ utensils on them and a meal, the initial aim of the game is to collect all the ingredients on your board from the cards which are face down in the middle of all the players. If you pick up an ingredient/utensil that you need then you place it on your board, if it isn't one you need you let the other players see it and place it back face down on the table (the idea is that the player that does need this item needs to memorise where it was placed in order to pick it up on their turn). Each player takes turns. Once a player his filled their board with their ingredients they then need to spin a spinner on their next turn.... they first need to spin a plate which they place on their board and on their next turn they need to 'cook' their meal which happens when you spin the spinner and land on a picture of a 'child eating'.... the first person to cook their meal is the winner of the game. When this happens you put a picture of your finished recipe onto the plate and Game play continues until all players have cooked their meal.The game is quite simple and fun but does feel a little like the latter part of the game is an add on and 'a bit pointless' as said by my 10yr old! he said it would be better to not have the spinner at all and just find the ingredients. However this is a small complaint and overall, all age groups of our family enjoyed this game which is always a positive thing. It encourages memory, turn taking, observational skills and could even encourage children to try new foods. I would recommend this game and it has a well deserved 5stars. So far we have loved all games we have purchased from the Orchard Toys range.

Good game but not very clear instructions on how to play so we make it up as we play. Pieces are strong and durable.

We've played this 4 or 5 times since Christmas day. Bought for our eldest but not too much of a challenge for the youngest either. Good entertainment for a quiet half an hour.

My grandsons love playing this game

Bought as a gift this game has proved a real hit with the family. It promotes lots of conversations and the pieces are made from sturdy card. Great value, easy to play and really good fun. Highly recommend.

The game was great but whoever packed for delivery just stuck the label on the box and can’t get it off this is a Christmas present not happy

Perfect for children who needs help with speech.

Not too replayable. The game gets old rather quickly.

Mi hija tiene 3 años y se aburrió muy rápido yo creo en unos meses de va a interesar más, la calidad está muy bonita y se puede jugar de diferentes formas, creo que si es un juego educativo, es como memoria y lotería juntos.

a favourite with our 4yr old. Fun easy game.

My daughter lives to pretend play with this.