Does Hue Essentials work with Lidl/Tuya Gateway?

I’d highly suggest you pick up a Hue bridge and then buy as many Lidl bulbs/plugs as you wish. That’s basically what I’ve done - single Hue bridge, a couple of Hue colour bulbs, but then a ton of Lidl zigbee spotlights and Lidl zigbee plugs (and some IKEA Tradfri plugs too). They’re all fully compatible with the Hue bridge, and incredibly cheap, and very good quality!

The advantage is that you can use the Hue app, and Hue Essentials, which are far superior to Lidl/Tuya apps.

Edit: just re-read your initial post and noticed you said you don’t want a Hue bridge - fair enough! It’s far easier to connect Lidl products to a Hue bridge than you think though - no Touchlink required, they’re picked up by a scan just as Hue products would be.