The possibility of the children’s kitchen sets being on the Montessori side is quite a tough call as there are numerous opinions available in the market that talk about the play kitchen set to belong in the Montessori environment or otherwise.
However, there are a few studies that conclude that the most traditional Montessori classrooms' play kitchen sets have happened to be replaced with purposeful work. This includes preparing and cooking real food as well as cleaning up real utensils.