Is that the cooking activity at the GF. One of our news stations did that and it looked like loads of fun! The kids all create their food art together and it involves sweets--and messes. While their food is cooked for them--they wander around the hotel...afterwards they share their treats with CM and guests. Not sure if it was just for the newspiece or an everyday occurance.
Depends on what your daughter likes--if she is a character fiend and loves to play "tea party" then go with Alice. My daughter is almost 4--loves tea party, loves characters...BUT LOVES it even more when she gets to cook food (and get her hands in gooey stuff) for real. So when she is old enough--and we had opportunity--we would probably pick the cooking activity.