If your mum is a baker, it’s hard to go past a stand mixer that does all the hard work of creaming butter and sugar, fluffing egg whites or kneading dough. The Kitchenaid series has always had the best choice of colours, but now you can personalise them for mum. Engrave the trim band on the stand mixers, where the word ‘Artisan’ usually is with a message. You’ve got two lines to play with at 18 characters each, so something along the lines of ‘You make life yum/I love you mum’ should get the message across. Free engraving is available on all stand mixer bands, including the limited edition Mother’s Day colours, Pebbled Palm and Feathered Pink. 
Kitchenaid artisan stand mixers start at $599. 
kitchenaid.com.au.

Missed out on a restaurant booking? Put down the pots and pans, save yourself the washing up with an impressive spread prepared by mum’s favourite restaurant. Make life easy on yourself with a specially curated banquet prepared by top restaurants like Golden Century, Chiswick, Three Blue Ducks, Maha, Supernormal, Longrain, and more. Can’t decide on a place? Skip the sibling squabbles and choose dishes from across multiple restaurants so everyone gets want they want. Peruse the menu at providoor.com.au.

Did you know that Mother’s Day is the busiest day for restaurants? If you missed out on a booking, all is not lost. She can still enjoy a seafood spread and best of all, it’ll be delivered to her door. The Mother’s Day lobster platter from Manettas Seafood includes a whole, ready-to-cook lobster topped with mornay sauce plus six oysters mornay plated on a beautiful seafood themed ceramic platter from In The Roundhouse. 
Order by before midnight Saturday for delivery on Sunday. Or, get organised and order in advance to select your delivery day. 
Feeds two, $150. 
manettas.com.au.

We know we’re generalising here, but mums tend to love coffee. Something to do with all those sleepless nights and getting up to attend to small people’s needs in the middle of the night. So give her what she needs first thing in the morning and make sure it’s a decent cup with the new De’Longhi Primadonna soul machine. The very fancy Bean Adapt Technology balances grinding level, the dose of coffee and the infusion temperature, which result in a café-quality cup of coffee with very minimal effort on her part. 
$2099 from 
delonghi.com.

Taking mum out to lunch is a no-brainer, but take it up a notch with this collaboration from Chin Chin and frank body. As well as the Feed Me menus, $88pp or $135pp, which feature all the favourites including kingfish sashimi, there’ll be $11 glasses of Piper-Heidsieck champagne and exclusive frank body Mother’s Day cocktails such as the Swinging Rose Hips – tequila, strawberry, grapefruit, soju, lychee, lime, soda – and the Cool Beans – dark rum, white rum, pineapple, jalapeno, coconut, black walnut, lime. 
Plus, all guests get a free gift from frank body.
Available in Sydney and Melbourne venues on Sunday, May 8 from 11am – late. 
chinchinrestaurant.com.au.

If you can’t decide between a bottle of gin or a nice drop of dry French rosé, then just combine the two. This gin is more than just pretty-in-pink. It’s a juniper-led drop made in a classic London Dry style then tinted with Provence Rosé. The 12 botanicals used are also from Provence in France, you can find them either growing wild or cultivated for the perfume trade. Grapes are used for the base neutral spirit and Provence Rosé is added to the final macerate before distillation to add a soft mouthfeel to the gin. It results in a dry gin with juniper-led flavours and a touch of citrus and floral notes. 
$79.99, from Dan Murphy’s or BWS.

Come Mothers Day, a distinctive fragrance is always a welcomed gift – and this new scent from Goldfield & Banks, Silky Woods, is not just any old pharmacy-plucked perfume. Featuring Agarwood that’s been sustainably harvested in tropical Australia, this delicate fragrance features exotic vanilla, smoky tobacco leaves, ylang ylang, Australian sandalwood and more. Go for gold, sons and daughters. goldfieldandbanks.com.

Chances are, your mum has one of those bulky knife blocks with multiple options but always goes back for the same multi-purpose chef’s knife. So get her a really good one. Our pick is the Hitohira T10 Tsuchime by Takamura Santoku knife. It’s a mouthful, but this multi-use home-cook knife is considered a gateway drug when it comes to Japanese knives. Why? Compared to western knives, they’re thinner, lighter and sharper because they’re made from harder steel. 
Available from ProTooling, which supplies specialist Japanese knives to top restaurants such as Woodcut, Firedoor, Saint Peter and more, so mum’ll be in good company. 
$220 protooling.com.au.

For coffee-loving parents (and that’s most of them), this is the gift that keeps on giving, and giving. With a subscription to The Breakfast Club, you can ensure your mum is never short on beans when she needs them. Choose from a range of varieties on The Breakfast Club website. thebreakfastclubonline.com

There’s no better occasion than Mother’s Day to ‘light the good candle’ and enjoy the finer things in life. Circa’s Mother’s Day 2022 limited edition scent, White Lavender & Sage, is comprised of warm, aromatic lavender with cool wafts of sage and geranium fresh from the garden. There’s also a touch of golden amber and spicy musk. The two other core scents in the collection are Cotton Flower & Freesia, accented by soft notes of white rose and the fresh zing of cucumber, and Jasmine & Magnolia, with gentle notes of ylang ylang and frangipani. White Lavender & Sage comes in 350gm and 60gm candles and a limited edition pink faceted tinted vessel. There’s also a liquidless diffuser that comes with additional Cotton Flowers and Freesia stem scents.
A 350gm soy candle is priced at $44.95.
circa.com.au.

A bottle of wine is always a good idea, but a gourmet wine pack is even better. The Bentley Wine Vault team have curated three different wine and produce hampers, so mum gets a little taste of all their restaurants, which span Cirrus to Monopole. The hampers range from $130-$250 and contain goodies such as NV Louis Roederer champagne from France, a tin of Ortiz anchovies from Spain, Hunted + Gathered, 70% Dark Chocolate from the Dominican Republic and lots more. 
Order by 12pm, Wednesday, May 4 for delivery by Friday, May 6. 
bentleywinevault.com.au.