Food is an integral part of the Christmas experience, from Champagne and cocktails to roast turkey with all the trimmings
and edible gifts. Whether you’re looking for the perfect Christmas pud, or something different to put under the tree for the one you love this year, we’ve got suggestions for off-the-wall Christmas
presents and tasty treats.
Stock up on foodie
Christmas presents at Selfridges
Push the boat out this Christmas when buying presents for your favourite food fans. Selfridges has loads of quirky offerings, from the Bompas & Parr Adventure Hamper (£699.99, pictured left) –
a riot of provisions and equipment that inspire adventure, such as a Saint Bernard keg filled with overproof gin or bioluminescent lollies for mountain rescue – to the store’s own Champagne hampers
and gift boxes (£40-£1,000).
Unique wine experiences from Chapel Down
Win over wine lovers with Chapel Down’s Christmas gifts with a difference: lease them Bacchus vines from the vineyard for an annual fee in exchange for yearly supplies of personalised wine. Prices
start at £195 for five vines and six bottles per year, and includes the opportunity to harvest grapes with the winemakers, sample wines in the winery, tour the vineyard and share an owners’ lunch
featuring their personalised bottles.
For £750, wine buffs can blend a bespoke sparkling wine at Chapel Down under the tuition of winemaker Andrew Parley, and receive 12 bottles of their wine six weeks later. The price includes a
morning of blending, lunch for two at Richard Phillips’ on-site restaurant, and a private guided tour of the winery.
Cookery classes for DIY presents at L’Atelier des
Chefs
Sign up for the two-hour ‘DIY Christmas Presents’ cookery class at this Marylebone-based cookery school and surprise your loved ones with homemade gourmet gifts, including chocolate-dipped
gingerbread biscuits, dark-chocolate-and-whisky truffles, and coffee-cream-and-hazelnut-crunch macaroons. The DIY Christmas Presents class costs £72 and runs on 10 and 20 December.
Alternatively, send your loved one to one of L’Atelier’s classes with the Gourmet Gift Card. Prices start from £15 for 30 minutes.
Get your hands on gelato
Christmas puddings at Gelupo
Surprise your guests for Christmas this year with a gelato Christmas pudding from Gelupo (pictured, top right). Available for London-wide delivery, the 250 limited-edition Christmas puddings are on
sale now. A boozy gelato mixed with chunks of homemade Christmas pudding, they’re a tasty Mediterranean alternative to the traditional Christmas pud. The puddings come in three sizes: prices start
from £14.50.
Indulge the chocoholics in your life at Artisan du Chocolat
Set your loved one’s heart racing with the ultimate chocolate gift box at Artisan du Chocolat. Choose from solid-chocolate magic wands, spiced-fig sea-salted caramels, hand-moulded pine-cone
chocolates and gingerbread praline. It’s a chocoholic’s dream present – and a post-prandial centrepiece. Look out for chocolate-flavoured brandy butter, too, to dollop onto a luxury Christmas pud.