Slashfood covers the basics and beyond for essential kitchen gear. They highlight the tools for outfitting a kitchen and break it down as: beginner, intermediate, and seasoned pro.
The brulee torch can go (you can use a $10 blow torch and then fix the plumbing as well.) And the waffle maker should be, at least, in the intermediate kitchen. Making waffles is not a “seasoned pro” level of cooking.