The best Christmas gifts for food lovers

  • 11/13/2022
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Under £10 Poon’s chilli condiments Superior sauces for the spice inclined. £6.50-£8, poonslondon.com Mushroom playing cards Fun with fungi. £5.99, shop.plantlife.org.uk Spanner cookie cutter The baker’s essential tool kit. £3, re-foundobjects.com Eco dishcloths Cute cloths for a clean kitchen. £6.95, balticmill.com Artha soy sauce dish with shiba dog Add soy to reveal a shiba surprise. £5.48, japancentre.com Rockfish tinned seafood Tasty tins, mostly sourced from British waters. £4.95-£5.95, therockfish.co.uk Maki roll bauble Add a little sushi sparkle to the tree. £5.99, souschef.co.uk Heston from Waitrose hot chocolate pennies Shimmering coins that turn into luxe cocoa. £6 for 4, waitrose.com Whitebox cocktail cans Single-serve martini or negroni for Christmas stockings. £5 each, shopcuvee.com Sunflower seeds from Ukraine Grow some summer cheer and support a Ukrainian organic producer. From £1, plus delivery, organicseeds.top Leone gianduioso spread tube Chocolate-hazel indulgence to go. £6.50, souschef.co.uk Striped dinner candles Cast a soft glow with bold stripes. £5 each, shop.courtauld.ac.uk Garden Patch mixed herb seed paper Grow a kitchen garden the easy way. £6.50 for 5, shop.tate.org.uk Wooden fish A mackerel to hang on your tree – or in your kitchen. £8, shop.balticmill.com O’boy instant chocolate milk A favourite in Scandinavia for more than 60 years, it makes superior hot (or cold) chocolate. £5.99, souschef.co.uk Chefs’ secret ingredients Take inspiration from OFM’s series My secret ingredient and give a keen cook a bundle of essentials our favourite chefs can’t cook without – perhaps Ravinder Bhogal’s tajin spice mix, Asma Khan’s nutmeg, Ainsley Harriott’s allspice, Yotam Ottolenghi’s black garlic, and Andrew Wong’s fermented bean curd. Tajin, £2.99, souschef.co.uk; Laoganma beancurd in chilli oil; £2.49, zing-asia.co.uk Ottolenghi salt caramel and chocolate brittle OFM’s favourite sweet and salty snack. £7.90, ottolenghi.co.uk Rempapa Spice Co pastes A head start on delicious meals – Peranakan turmeric and lemongrass; Balinese spiced tamarind; lime green sambal tumis. £5.50-£6.90, rempapa.com David Shrigley mug A reassuring cuppa with the British artist. £9.95, balticmill.com Aluminium fish mould Salmon mousse anyone? Vintage chic for retro dinner parties. £2.50, re-foundobjects.com St John piggy badge The porky mark of honour. £4.99, stjohnrestaurant.com Latitude chocolate bars Chocolate made with good conscience in Uganda. £4.95, cocoarunners.com Orange socks Zest up your Christmas Day outfit. £9.95, ohhdeer.com Under £50 The Butterfly Cannon Cristalino tequila Mix up some festive margs; proceeds help support butterfly conservation. £28.95, masterofmalt.com Pâté en croute print Charcuterie art by Laura Marling. £45, meatfishcheese.com London Borough of Jam T-shirt Wear your favourite preserve. £22, londonboroughofjam.com Lakrids By Bülow winter collection Liquorice bonbons in festive flavours, including golden raspberry, frozen crispy mint and classic salty caramel. £19, lakridsbybulow.co.uk Planting trees and eating cheese set Delicious and feelgood – three classic British cheeses and a planting by Trees for Cities with every box. £45, paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk Made in Oldstead sweet treats hamper Christmas baked treats in wild-foraged flavours from the home-delivery sister business of OFM Awards 2022 Best Restaurant, Roots. With kernel marzipan Christmas cake, root vegetable mince pies, Christmas cake cookies, chicory and lovage fudge, sour cherry nougat, woodruff bourbon-infused eggnog and woodruff bourbon hot chocolate. £45, madeinoldstead.co.uk Lasagne verdi and dessert meal kit DIY lasagne, for when turkey fatigue sets in. £30, linastores.co.uk A-Z of Pasta cookbook and ingredients set Send someone on a journey of pasta discovery. £42.99, souschef.co.uk Kol wine The house wines at acclaimed Mexican restaurant Kol in London are a delicious collaboration between the Slobodne family in Slovakia, chef Santiago Lastra and Modal Wines. £34 each (1lt bottle), kolrestaurant.store Damson Jelly Academy intermediate cooking bundle Give the gift of knowledge – learn to cook fish, meat and pasta to perfection at Ravneet Gill’s online cookery school. For every beginner’s course sold, Damson Jelly Academy donates one to a school, to improve food education accessibility. £49.99, damsonjellyacademy.thinkific.com Marshmallowist teacakes Move over, Tunnocks – for Christmas, at least. These seasonal flavours are Christmas pudding, black forest gateaux, strawberry trifle and profiterole. £16, themarshmallowist.com Doreen’s rum cake Dark, rich and heavy with rum, this deeply flavoured 1lb loaf cake has usurped traditional Christmas pudding to be our festive dessert of choice. £23 (vegan option available), doreensjamaicanhomemaderumcakes.co.uk Pump Street Bakery eccles cakes A classic bake from OFM Awards 2022 Best Producer – just add Lancashire cheese. £15, pumpstreetchocolate.com Lily Vanilli Bakery scented candles Ditch the Christmas spice and opt for the scent of baked goods such as plum and bramble, or English pear and vanilla. £29 each, lilyvanilli.com Bao Hightide lonely man key ring For the fluffy bun devotees. £12, baolondon.com Beeswax bread bag Keep your sourdough fresh. £26, labourandwait.co.uk Chai by Mira

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