Looking for a Kiddush gift idea

[YitzyS]

What about a board board?

[elazarmn]

Looks very sim to KAYX

Just had a few KAYX cakes this past shabbos. Excellent couldn’t recommend more

[WayBackMachine]

Looking for an out of the box kiddush gift idea, not alcohol, meat boards etc. tia

fake nice flowers

[etech0]

Just had a few KAYX cakes this past shabbos. Excellent couldn’t recommend more

The lemon meringue tart is really really good

[elazarmn]

The lemon meringue tart is really really good

Ah that was a favorite, close second was the caramel cheesecake

[lcm]

Is there going to be wait staff at the Kiddush?
Maybe hire one or two people as a Kiddush gift

[herb]

Where's this Kiddush?
I'd like to come 😋

[dovy2]

If you know that he's already getting "a ton of meat boards, fish boards and alcohol" on top of whatever he himself is buying for the kiddush then maybe a non-food gift would be more unique. 

If it's a kiddush for a newborn, maybe a rocking chair, "for those nights when you're the one who has to calm the baby" or noise-cancelling headphones, "for when you don't want to be the one who hears the baby."

Continuing my train of amaratzus.. if this "Kiddush" you're talking about is on Shabbos, wouldn't only food be allowed to be gifted? Unless your bringing it over before shabbos.. to shul? To his house??? Then why is it a Kiddush gift? I'm confused... Can someone help?

[dasmo801]

If you know that he's already getting "a ton of meat boards, fish boards and alcohol" on top of whatever he himself is buying for the kiddush then maybe a non-food gift would be more unique. 

If it's a kiddush for a newborn, maybe a rocking chair, "for those nights when you're the one who has to calm the baby" or noise-cancelling headphones, "for when you don't want to be the one who hears the baby."

But all the guys at the kiddush won't see the rocking chair...

[justaregularguy]

What about a board board?

you stole my idea. Although I wasn’t going to go so far as to post a picture, so you earned it 

[Dan]

Where do you live, Cleveland??

Was curious if it's something that doesn't happen among Lubavitchers and/or among Clevelanders/OOTers.

[Dan]

This seems strange to me, like wouldn't the gift be for whatever the kiddush is for? If it's a baby girl, why would you give a "kiddush" gift and not a baby gift?

Right, we'd definitely do a meal train and a baby gift.
But a Kiddush gift is a new one for me.

[Alexsei]

If the Kiddush is in honor of a kidney donation you can do something nice with kidney beans (renewal just reached 1000 donors)

[aygart]

something nice with kidney beans

Lol

[Sammy82]

If the Kiddush is in honor of a kidney donation you can do something nice with kidney beans (renewal just reached 1000 donors)

Great idea. How gifting him some chulant for the Kiddush? It has kidney beans and I'm pretty sure that's an original gift idea!

[yoohoo]

It’s for a baby.
When I grew up a kiddush was Cake platters herring and soda. Then it evolved into adding cholent and kugel. Then it became normal to have $200 bottles of booze. Then we added $250 meat boards and now on top of that there are also cured fish boards along with casa tequila and 12 flavors of beef jerky. So what’s next.

And yes when someone lets say in the Real estate business will get a bottle from each vendor, a lavish meat board from the employees etc….all just for the kiddush

[Yehudaa]

When I grew up a kiddush was Cake platters herring and soda. Then it evolved into adding cholent and kugel.

This is kinda where we're holding OOT.

Then it became normal to have $200 bottles of booze. Then we added $250 meat boards

This has arrived, but only amongst the fineshmeckers. And it's just a couple meat boards at most, and definitely not $250 each.

and now on top of that there are also cured fish boards along with casa tequila and 12 flavors of beef jerky. So what’s next.

And yes when someone lets say in the Real estate business will get a bottle from each vendor, a lavish meat board from the employees etc….all just for the kiddush

And this hasn't made it here yet, thankfully.

[Moshe Green]

It’s for a baby.
When I grew up a kiddush was Cake platters herring and soda. Then it evolved into adding cholent and kugel. Then it became normal to have $200 bottles of booze. Then we added $250 meat boards and now on top of that there are also cured fish boards along with casa tequila and 12 flavors of beef jerky. So what’s next.

And yes when someone lets say in the Real estate business will get a bottle from each vendor, a lavish meat board from the employees etc….all just for the kiddush

Boruch Hashem in my shul there's unsaid rules. The max a Kiddush in shul will be 1-2 kugels, 1-3 different flavored herring, 1-2 different types of cake/rugalach and 1-2 bottles of whisky/liquor.
The Kiddush will be max 15-20 minutes and then its all cleaned up for people who want to learn in the Beis Medrash. That means that the most you are spending is $500-600 and those that can't afford more are not embarrassed.
Everyone is entitled to make a kiddush in a hall or at home and they can have whatever they want, but in shul it goes like this.

[Naftuli19]

Just had a few KAYX cakes this past shabbos. Excellent couldn’t recommend more

Been eating her food since im 7yo, cant compare it to when she use to bake out of her garage imo quality has gone done the cliff once they went really commercial. ill say this they are prob still better than most commercial bakeries out there

[Suave]

The lemon meringue tart is really really good

@Dan - get one for your wife?