The Best Food Hampers for Christmas Gifts 2024
By Holly Thomson
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October 29th, 2023
A hamper overflowing with ingredients is one of the most joyful gifts you can receive at Christmas. There's nothing quite like unwrapping item after item, finding yet more goodies in the mix, and creating a pile of new and exciting ingredients to experiment with over the holidays. Here are the best Christmas hampers, with luxury ingredients for every taste.
The perfect gift for the foodie in your life
Give a gift that is guaranteed to delight any food-lover, and surprise them with a carefully curated selection of unusual ingredients and products, themed around the dishes the love to cook.
Choose between our themed cuisine hampers Italian hamper, Spanish hamper and French hamper. Or tailor your gift to a special diet with our Vegan hamper. Or, for the adventurous food lover who wants to try everything, choose the Best of Sous Chef hamper.
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What makes a good food hamper?
We make sure each of our hampers has a balanced selection of products, to really spoil the recipient. You'll find a mix of luxury sweet and savoury ingredients in each selection, along with a range of products that can either be enjoyed straight away - or used over several weeks to elevate your everyday cooking.
How we pack our hampers
All our orders are hand packed by our team, and carefully padded with non-plastic stuffing, to protect each of your items and ensure they arrive in pristine condition. If the hamper is a gift, simply add a gift note at checkout and we'll include the personalised message in the delivery too.
Explore our collection for unique and delightful Christmas food hamper gift ideas, perfect for surprising and delighting the food lovers in your life.
View our full selection of luxury food hampers here
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1. European Christmas Food Hampers
Delight a fan of Italian cuisine with the exciting best of Italy hamper. Packed to bursting with Italian speciality foods, it’s ready to transform the way you cook Italian food at home, all year round. Discover:
- Some of the world’s best pasta to elevate your meals from everyday to extraordinary
- The fresh, ‘just-picked’ flavour of La Favorita pasta sauces and a cacio e pepe cream from Alpenzu
- Wonderful balsamic vinegar and olive oil
To add an extra touch of indulgence, it comes with pistachio chocolates from some of Italy's finest confectioners, ideal for the perfect Christmas gift food hamper.
The best of France hamper is a veritable Tour de France, showcasing some of the finest brands of French foods and preserves. From Alsace to Provence, the Basque country to the border of Brittany – discover condiments, preserves and ingredients that celebrate the breadth of regional variety in French cuisine. The hamper includes delights such as:
- Nicolas Alziari vinegars and olive oils from Provence
- Beautiful hazlenut feuillantine spread from Maison Bremond
- A range of jellies and confectionery from Francois Doucet
It’s a wonderful selection of French flavours.
Lift the lid on the best of Spain hamper to be transported to a Spanish taverna. Enjoy classic tapas like the famous Perello Gordal olives as well as possibly the world’s best almonds, Marcona almonds. There are fine examples of popular Spanish ingredients like paprika and paella rice, along with rarer finds like Chardonnay vinegar from Catalonia. With this best christmas gift food hamper in UK, you’re sure to find plenty to satisfy your love of Spanish cuisine.
2. Christmas Pantry Hampers
This beautiful chef's treats gift hamper is a feast for the foodie in your life – and it's completely vegan. It’s a brilliant gift for anyone following a vegan diet, and is overflowing with unusual flavours and top-quality pantry staples. Tuck into:
- Seaweed bacon
- BBQ jackfruit
- Dairy-free pesto
- Luxurious French dark chocolate with almonds
And re-stock your store cupboard with exquisite Italian olive oil, Defrutum balsamic vinegar and Brindisa’s beautiful Navarrico Garbanzos chickpeas.
3. The Ultimate Food Hamper
Delight the chefs and food lovers in your life with our impressive best of Sous Chef hamper. Brimming with 15 of our favourite ingredients, it’s sure to give kitchen cupboards an upgrade.
We’ve hand-picked storecupboard stars that will transform your recipes, both sweet and savoury. Create an Italian feast with the finest IGP spaghetti and sweet San Marzano tomatoes, rustle up Valencian paella with vibrant saffron, or indulge in earthy risottos, made with Acquerello rice and wild morel mushrooms.
