Great British Food Christmas 2024

Containing everything you need for a delicious festive feast all in one place, hampers are the ultimate Christmas treat For friends and family with a fancy for all things savoury, Rick Stein’s Savoury Christmas Stocking (£47.50, rickstein.com ) is just the ticket. It’s got everything they need for a special night in during the festive period: red wine, Cornish pilchards in olive oil, savoury oat biscuits, piccalilli, seasoned nuts and olives in a Christmas jute sack. Every item in the stocking is superb quality, so you can be sure it’ll be relished. The night of Christmas Eve is almost as exciting as the big day itself, and when it comes to adding sparkle to the occasion, we rate Daylesford’s indulgent Night Before Christmas Hamper (£100, daylesford.com ) . Packed full with luxurious food and drink – sweet and savoury treats plus sparkling prosecco and spiced mulled wine – this is the ultimate gift to enjoy while waiting for Father Christmas’s visit. DukesHill have foodies covered with their delicious Festive Meat Lovers Hamper (£130, dukeshill.co.uk) . It has everything you could need for festive feasting – minus the turkey! As well as featuring DukesHill’s iconic boneless Wiltshire ham, the classic wicker basket contains a porchetta roasting joint, two confit duck legs, old-fashioned middle cut bacon, venison rillettes, iceni salami and a jar of salty and sweet Lucy’s Chorizo Jam. Chococo’s 12 Days of Christmas collection (£85, chococo.co.uk ) is the stuff dreams are made of. Containing a Festive Collection box of nine chocolates, Dorset Sea Salt caramel- filled dark chocolate stars, solid chocolate snowmen and dark chocolate mackerel, hand-cut slabs of milk chocolate studded with crunchy Dorset honey honeycombe – and many other chocolatey treats besides – this is sure to make chocoholics smile. Christmas is a time of indulgence, and for the ultimate foodie treat we present Taste of the Newt Hamper (£195, thenewtinsomerset. com) . Brimming with the flavours of the estate thanks to ingredients sourced from The Newt’s gardens, hedgerows and neighbouring farms, this luxe hamper offers up such delicacies as delectable cyders, apple juice, savoury biscuits, pickles and preserves, and apple cider brandy fudge. Sweet-toothed friends and family with a hankering for traditional treats will love Lottie Shaw’s Merry Christmas Hamper (£35, lottieshaws.co.uk ) , packed full of the nostalgic taste of Yorkshire. Containing the county’s iconic parkin cake and biscuits generously spiked with ginger, triple chocolate biscuits and millionaire’s shortbread, flapjacks and traditional mince pies... You may struggle to give this one away! INDULGENT Hampers 99 greatbr i t i shfoodawards.com SHOPP ING | HAMPERS