Christmas Gift Guide for Gourmets
Updated with new and fun ideas for Christmas 2024
Thinking of original and interesting gifts for gourmets is not easy. There are so many things to choose from and every year, there are so many new products to confuse you further.
Here are some lovely food and drink gift ideas for Christmas.
Mariage Frères, that famous French tea company has a fine Christmas selection of teas and matching biscuits. he Noël Royal Collection range is beautifully packaged in jewel colours and every package is filled with high quality teas and nibbles. I especially like the black tea (red packaging) TKK. If you are in Covent Garden, pop in to sample their Christmas teas and their special edition Buche de Noel.
Dazzle your guests with a Luxury Cheese Selection from Paxton and Whitfield. If you pop into the shop they can help you pick some of their favourite cheeses. Highly recommend the Lincolnshire Poacher.
This year, they are working with some artisan cheesemakers to make their Christmas cheese selection and they are being aged in their cellars in the Cotswold. Their Cheese Advent Calendar is very popular and sells out when they launch in August. They also do fab Christmas Hampers too.
Add an unexpected sweet to the end of your Christmas meal with these Hadji Beh Turkish Delights. I tasted them this summer and they were unlike any I have previously tasted. The texture is not too gummy. I like the yellow box with the mix of citrus and rose flavours.
These clever people at Lily O Briens makes really lovely and unique pudding flavoured chocolates liek Key Lime Pie. The flavours are really zingy and every one is a surprise.
For a very tasty slow grown Turkey, order one from Copas Turkey. All their birds are free range and slow grown so they have a nice layer of fat which makes the meat succulent and tasty. They sell some useful kitchen accessories to help you carve and some nice condiments to go with your Christmas meal too.
If they have run out, you can order one online from Donald Russell or Waitrose and collect instore.
The perfect gift for the coffee lover is an AeroPress Coffee Maker
to make a professional cup of coffee at home. It takes less than a minute and there are no fiddly parts to wash up. Instead of a slow drip into the middle of a coffee filter in old machines, this uses even pressure to produce a rich cup of coffee with lower acidity. Once you try this, you won’t go back.
For those of you who like a healthy Green Smoothie in the morning, the Nutri Bullet
is must have gadget, make your smoothies and get healthy. It completely breaks down your fruit and veg (including tough skins and seeds) with no pulp. Comes complete with a cook book to help you get started quickly too.
The hottest kitchen gadget this year is the Vegetable Spiralizer
. Use this to make courgette noodles for those of you who are on a low carb or a paleo diet. Use it to make other vegetable noodles and salads too.
This is a gadget that really caught my eye this year, the Unikia Stirio Automatic Stirrer
which is battery operated and is extendable to fit different pot sizes. It’s great for making risotto, soups and anythings else that needs constant strirring without you having to stand over the pot for hours. Genius.
For Festive Christmas Food and drink hampers, here is a selection to choose from:
Lakeland Buttermere Hamper which has a plum pudding, brandy butter, chocolate fudge, Claire’s St Clements Marmalade, Liqueur Truffles and more (free delivery too).
John Lewis Hampers – read my review of a couple of the Christmas Hampers here.
Marks and Spencer Hampers with free delivery. This one is one of the many to choose from a Mulled Wine and Fruit Hamper
