Rainbow sprinkles The best looking (and tasting) party cake toppings from irreverent bakery Get Baked. £15 for 1kg, getbaked supplies.com Abstract enamel mussel pot Makes cooking a moules feast as joyous as eating it. £49.99, souschef.co.uk Stepney City Farm potters and friends Beautiful to look at and hold: mugs, mixing bowls and more, from veteran and early-career ceramicists. From left, mug £25, jessjos.com; mug £20, @richardfuest_ceramics, large pouring bowl £40, tonyjoslinceramics.com; all will have works at Stepney City Farm studio open day, 9 December Squiggly vegetable napkins Upcycled vintage linen embroidered with Megan Forbes Adam’s wiggly fruit and vegetable illustrations, each one unique. From £15 each, studio-mink.co.uk Secondhand glassware We love all of RE-Found’s carefully curated vintage kitchen and serveware, but especially this niche-use celery vase. Would also suit fresh herbs. From £26, re-foundobjects.com I Wanna Be Yours tea towel You wash the pots, you call the shots … Dry up with the nation’s favourite punk poet. £11, johncooperclarke.com Little by Little jewellery Collections themed around olives, oranges and watermelon, from a food stylist turned jeweller, with donations going to charity Luminary Bakery. From £55, littlebylittlejewellery.com John Broadley prints Secret ortolan, giant langoustines, abundant profiteroles and a Waldorf shortage – amusing food scenarios from the Quo Vadis menu illustrator. £19, johnbroadley.bigcartel.com Black Lines Oatnog Smooth and spiced, creamy and boozy; serve hot or over ice. A modish take on guilty boozy pleasure. Every bottle sold funds three meals for The Felix Project. £18, blacklinesdrinks.com Waitrose x Lulu Guinness bag For fashionable friends who shop with style. £12, waitrose.com Pickled brussels sprouts How to make sprouts more divisive? Aficionados will welcome these on a cheeseboard. £9.95, fortnumandmason.com Chocolate alfajores Perfectly stocking sized – a biscuity cake in a tin, filled with ganache or caramel, in flavours from coffee to lemon. £4.80, surchocolates.co.uk Christmas spirits We love a novelty bottle – but they have to taste good, too. The gin has been infused with Christmas pudding, then redistilled; while no cake has been near the whisky – rather, the name refers to tasting notes. Christmas pudding gin £35.85, sacredgin.com; Christmas cake whisky £41.95, masterofmalt.com Pasta and citrus notebooks For recipe notes and thoughts on food. £25 (A5) and £35 (A4), choosingkeeping.com Food candles Almost too pretty to light. From £20, choosingkeeping.com Refugee Community Kitchen apron Sturdy cotton to stand against spills; giant pocket for kitchen implements; funds 28 hot meals for displaced people. We love the RCK apron. £30, refugeecommunitykitchen.org Fruit and vegetable soaps Beautiful packaging and heady fragrances by Italian brand Nesti Dante. From £4.75, amazon.co.uk Four in a Row chocolate game Part treat, part game – winner takes all? £10, Marks & Spencer Pasta-water candle Starchy, slightly warm – carb lovers will find comfort in this scent from offbeat scent masters DS & Durga, joining forces here with NYC restaurant Jupiter, helmed by ex-River Cafe’s Jess Shadbolt. £60, e-scents.co.uk Allday Goods knives The fun rainbow-swirl handles are made with recycled plastic; the blades cut like a dream. Table knives £75; everyday santoku £140; forged santoku £220; alldaygoods.co.uk Bobo wine boxes Three bottles’ worth of organic French wine: good for a party; stays fresh longer; looks cool; tastes great. From £39 for 2.25l, bobowines.co.uk Inver hand lotion Organic balm made in collaboration with chef Pam Brunton, inspired by flavours from her kitchen. £27.50 for 200ml, celinelouise.co.uk La vache qui rit apron Prepare lunch dressed up as your favourite retro lunchbox snack. £33.99, souschef.co.uk Electric hand mixers A home-baker’s best friend. Smeg’s retro-look version comes with three whisks (including dough hooks), nine speeds and seven colours. £149.95, smeguk.com Festive and spiced chocolates Warming chai spice bars, and a box with (including a strong vegan selection and gingerbread truffle that’s worth the price alone) from the Dorset chocolate makers. Bars £4, boxes from £13, chococo.co.uk Nesting glasses Clever, stackable crystal glasses – four different shapes, all 290ml volume. £40, uk.aarke.com Christmas coal chocolates Honeycomb covered in chocolate and glittery black sherbet, for bad kids and good goths. £13.95, fortnumandmason.com Piedmont gianduja spread On toast or by the spoon, the ultimate breakfast for lovers of chocolate-hazelnut spread. £26, daylesford.com Whisky tasting set If they don’t know their Islay from their Highland, get them up to speed with Drinks by the Dram. £29.95, masterofmalt.com Chocolate clementine Traditional stocking filler facsimile, no need to peel. £15, daylesford.com Emergency dan dan noodles Fight festive food fatigue with fire. £15, baolondon.com Mulled wine spice set There’s always one friend who wants to mull everything … skip the dusty sachets and give them proper spices for maximum mulling flavour. £45, honeyandco.co.uk White T-shirts Chef-core fave from The Bear, the Merz B Schwanen T-shirt has a perma-waiting list (keep checking). Observer menswear editor Helen Seamons recommends Uniqlo and Arket as reliable alternatives. £19.90, uniqlo.com; £17, arket.com Lavoratti parmesan chocolate For the friend who has tasted it all … bizarre, divisive, a talking point. £15, souschef.co.uk Ukraine recipe calendar Mark the year with vegetarian regional Ukrainian recipes from Olia Hercules, illustrated with etchings by artist Frances Whitfield. Part of the profits goes to the Legacy of War Foundation. £18, franceswhitfield.co.uk Summer harvest honey, Midwinter jam Terrific toast toppers, for lazy breakfasts or cosy teas. Exmoor honey £7.50, @the_broad_bean; spiced berry jam £4.95, rosebudpreserves.co.uk