Your Christmas Food Gifts Sorted
By Nicola Lando
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September 29th, 2024
Browse hundreds of extraordinary Christmas food gifts at Sous Chef. Or for the foodie Christmas gift that every food-lover is hoping for, see our finest Italian panettone.
Christmas is coming, and it’s around about now that we start making mental lists of things to buy in the run-up to the festive season. Shopping for the right presents can be tricky, but if the key to a person’s heart is through their stomach, then these Christmas food gifts suggestions will offer the perfect inspiration.
Sourced by Sous Chef from all over the world, these gift ideas draw upon artisan delicacies and cooking accessories across the globe. From traditional Italian panettone to a stunning olive oils, our 2020 Christmas food gift list is the go-to for the difficult-to-buy-fors, the foodie know-it-alls and most importantly, those people who deserve an extra special present this year.
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Gifts For the Globetrotter
As anyone who has visited Japan knows, there’s a huge difference between proper ramen and the cheap, freeze-dried stuff on supermarkets shelves in the West. It all begins with picking the right crockery, and these authentic Japanese ramen bowl sets are a brilliant present for anyone who has set foot in a real ramen shop and has never looked back.
The ramen spoons, recipe booklet, ramen bowls and gift bag that complete the set will make a ramen lover’s Christmas this year.
Gifts For the Italophile
Stored in this funky hand-painted bottle is 500ml of intensely fruity olive oil made from cold-pressed Coratina olives. These olives are native to the Apulia region of Italy and made by Frantoio Muraglia – a five-generation-old company who take huge pride in their craft.
This oil makes a brilliant food gift for anyone who enjoys the difference a good olive oil makes to a dish. Use it over a salad, or drizzled on bread, Frantoio Muraglia extra virgin olive oil is a wonderful culinary accompaniment to keep close at hand.
Gifts For the Vegan
The perfect food gift for anyone following a vegan diet or trying to cut back on dairy. This kit enables you to make a selection of vegan cheeses, including parmesan, feta, mascarpone, ricotta and mozzarella.
The easy-to-follow instructions allow you to make delicious dairy-free cheeses – in fact, 20 batches of them - in your own home.
Gifts For the Gastronome
Giuseppe Giusti vermouth is a wonderful Christmas gift for the gastronome who loves unique flavours. Its deep, aromatic taste, made from 19 botanicals and aged in balsamic vinegar barrels, makes it perfect for elevating cocktails. Serve it over ice to enjoy its sweet and spicy notes, or mix it into a Negroni for a twist on a classic. It’s a great way for food lovers to explore new and rich flavours during the festive season.
Gifts For the Dinner Party Host
"Panettone of the Year" - The Times, 2023
"Best panettone for afficionados! Totally classic - and totally delicious." - Daily Mail, 2023
The Sous Chef Milano Panettone is the panettone of all panettoni! We taste hundreds of panettones (or panettoni as they should really be called) every year. So we're excited to share something extremely special with you - we found the very best panettone to put our own name on.
The Sous Chef Milano panettone is a product of decades of panettone expertise. The Sous Chef Milano panettone is produced by a family of bakers in the north of Italy. Each panettone should be prized for its extraordinary heritage and flavour.
This traditional classic panettone is a light and golden cake, rich with butter and sweet with dried citrus fruit.
Gifts For the Style-Conscious
And speaking of panettone, we couldn’t not include this lavish offering from Fiasconaro who have teamed up with Dolce & Gabbana to produce a delicious panettone sweetened with Vecchio Samperi (an aromatic, aged Marsala wine), then studded with sweet Sicilian almonds and sugar grains.
Packaged in this unique hatbox created by the Italian designers, this delicious treat has the style credentials to impress your favourite fashionista.
Gifts For Mini Green Fingers
Know a young gardener in the making? This fun-sized pack from Piccolo produces lovely Thai basil - that grow quickly on your windowsill, or in a pot on the balcony. No previous gardening experience needed!
Thai basil seeds, grown in a pot in your kitchen or balcony will bring truly authentic southeast Asian flavours to your kitchen. Thai basil leaves are often used to top steaming bowls of Vietnamese pho, and are used widely in many other dishes across Thailand, Lao and Cambodia.
The leaves are longer and pointier than Italian basil, and have attractive purple stems and shoots. The plant is also said to bring good luck if you keep a leaf in your pocket!
Gifts For the Morning Person
Looking for the perfect gift for the coffee lover in your life? The Wacaco Nanopresso espresso maker with Nespresso adaptor will make their Christmas morning—and every morning after—pure magic. This clever, lightweight gadget is handheld, needs no electricity or batteries, and delivers an impeccable 80ml shot of espresso anywhere they fancy.
With a bit of effort (and some patented genius), it uses up to 18 bars of pressure to brew coffee that would impress even the pickiest barista. It's the gift that keeps on giving—delicious coffee, anytime, anywhere.
We’ve got so many more Christmas food gifts online and available from our Christmas food gift page. Whether it’s treating a loved one, or buying stocking fillers, the weird, wonderful and utterly delicious are all available in-store.
About the author
Nicola is co-founder and CEO at Sous Chef. She has worked in food for over ten years.
Nicola first explored cooking as a career when training at Leiths, before spending the next decade in Finance. However... after a stage as a chef at a London Michelin-starred restaurant, Nicola saw the incredible ingredients available only to chefs. And wanted access to them herself. So Sous Chef was born.
Today, Nicola is ingredients buyer and a recipe writer at Sous Chef. She frequently travels internationally to food fairs, and to meet producers. Her cookbook library is vast, and her knowledge of the storecupboard is unrivalled. She tastes thousands of ingredients every year, to select only the best to stock at Sous Chef.
Nicola shares her knowledge of ingredients and writes recipes to showcase those products. Learning from Sous Chef's suppliers and her travels, Nicola writes many of the recipes on the Sous Chef website. Nicola's recipes are big on flavour, where the ingredients truly shine (although that's from someone who cooks for hours each day - so they're rarely tray-bakes!).
