BEST FOOD AND DRINK CHRISTMAS GIFTS
- AG
- Sep 19
- 7 min read
Our Tried and Tested Guide to the Top Foodie Presents of 2025
Tis the season to eat, drink and be merry and we have sniffed out the BEST food and drink Christmas gifts for 2025.
There's something for every budget and flavour of foodie, so stick a napkin down your jumper and dig in to our delicious Tried and Tested guide.
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Melt Chocolates - Suitcase Hamper
This is the suitcase of dreams, which you look forward to unpacking the other end.
The beautiful, silver case is brimming with handmade, artisanal chocolates to take tastebuds on the ultimate journey.
The contents are almost too beautiful to eat. They include juicy orange slices dipped in rich chocolate, with crunchy cocoa nibs and cardamom.
We adored the Toast & Marmalade Bar: crispy toast crumbs enveloped in smooth milk chocolate, with a zesty marmalade filling. There is also a velvety smooth Gianduja (hazelnut chocolate) Terrine with Roasted Nuts - a creamy, nutty and chocolatey dream. The luxurious hamper is even eco-friendly, with zero plastic and (when we were done with the indulgent contents) zero waste.
BUY FROM MELT CHOCOLATES. £49.99
PLAYinCHOC ToyChoc Box Dinosaur Gift Set
This has everything a child could want - delicious chocolate, toys, facts and the chance to play with their food in style.
It can either be given as a gorgeous gift set to one lucky sprog, or each of the beautiful 18 boxes can be gifted to multiple children… or big kids.
They each contain two delicious chocolates (you can smell them before you even open the box) as well as a 3D puzzle dinosaur toy and dino fact card.
They come in a range of themes, from sea animals, endangered animals and woodland animals to dinosaurs.
Each set is also eco-friendly and plastic-free, and the treats are dairy, nut and gluten-free, so they are perfect for every child, apart from kids who don’t like chocolate or toys, and we have yet to meet one of those.
Bodum Chunky Martini Glass
These stunning Martini glasses turn your tipples into works of art.
The sexy duo have bold and chunky stems in vivid red, pink, blue and green glass.
They are crowned with delicate bowls, for a more refined drinking experience.
The duo are fabulous statement pieces, reimagining the classic cocktail glass, and have the wow factor for gifting this Christmas.
BUY FROM FINNISH DESIGN SHOP. £39.80
Edinburgh Christmas Gin
This is Christmas in a bottle - it even contains some of Jesus’s fave botanicals, like Frankincense and Myrrh.
It’s a beautiful drink to sip or add to mixers or cocktails, warming you from the inside like a roaring fire, with its nutmeg and ginger root base.
We loved its festive smells of cinnamon, clove and clementine. It’s just the right side of sweet, balanced by mandarin and citrus flavours, sticky, dried fruit notes from Deglet Nour dates and framed by classic juniper.
We loved it with lots of ice, tonic and a twist of orange (garnished with a cinnamon stick if you’re feeling festive and fancy) or simply over ice with Ginger Ale.
It comes in a wonderfully festive box, festooned with holly and birds, for the perfect Christmas gift.
BUY FROM TESCO. £35
Pub in a Box - Signature Brew
What do you get the guy who has everything? Their very own pub.
The award-winning Pub-in-Box brings the boozer to you-zer, with eight of their finest craft beers (Roadie, Backstage and Studio lagers and IPAs) plus glassware, nuts, crisps, a brilliant music quiz and exclusive playlists curated by music journalists and tailored to each beer.
It’s beautifully presented and even opens out into a pub sign (you can personalise with your chosen watering hole name) and decks. It is also available in two new editions: Roadie and Studio, with 8 cans of Roadie All-Night IPA or Studio Lager.
Your lucky recipient doesn’t even have to worry about getting chucked out at closing time. Cheers.
BUY FROM SIGNATURE BREW. £32.95
Fever-Tree Raspberry Mojito Kit
This brand new cocktail kit is packed with everything you need to toast Christmas with the perfect, fruity mojito.
It includes a pair of premium, ribbed mojito cocktail glasses, two Duppy White rum miniatures, and a bottle of Fever-Tree Raspberry Mojito Mixer.
It’s a wonderfully refreshing cocktail, served over ice and garnished with a wedge of lemon and sprig of mint, if you’re feeling fancy.
Yvonne Ellen Cocktail Shaker
We are long-standing fans of Yvonne Ellen’s wonderfully quirky, vintage-inspired homeware - and this cocktail shaker is top of our Christmas covet list.
The sturdy, glass shaker features her trademark giraffe and and delicate gold detailing, with an elegant, gold stainless steel lid.
We’ve put it through its paces, shaking up a gaggle of tipples and can confirm that it’s super durable as well as being an impossibly elegant statement piece.
Chilli No 5 White Truffle Hot Sauce
This is a luxurious forest-to-table experience in a bottle, for the ultimate flavour connoisseur.
We adored it on pasta and risotto and it elevates so many dishes with its silky, rich flavours, from steak and eggs to roasted veg.
The masterfully crafted, umami-rich condiment is made with real white and black truffles, and features Porcini mushrooms from Alba, Italy, alongside Cepe, Chanterelle, Girolle and Morille mushrooms, hand-foraged in the woodlands of Provence.
These premium ingredients are complemented with a splash of XO brandy, delivering a velvety finish. The sauce also features extra virgin olive oil from centuries-old trees in Liguria, and apple cider vinegar made from a blend of over 50 heritage apples. Every detail of this recipe is carefully considered to deliver a refined balance of heat, depth and luxury.
A big, contented oink from Time Well Spent’s truffle pigs.
Seggiano Chocolate Panettone
If there isn’t panettone at Christmas, you might as well tell Santa to have an early night on Christmas Eve and take down the tree.
Luckily, Seggiano’s award-winning Chocolate Panettone saves the day with its light and luxurious twist on the festive classic.
It’s baked in small batches by a master baker in Brescia, Italy, whose family bakery has been crafting festive treats for over 40 years.
The dough is enriched with organic free-range eggs, organic butter, local acacia honey, and generous pieces of quality dark chocolate. Staying true to artisanal methods, it’s naturally leavened with a 40-year-old mother yeast and slow-baked over 36 hours to achieve its irresistibly light and fluffy texture.
Spice Kitchen Street Food Feasting Kit
These ingenious kits come in three ranges: Indian Banquet, Street Food Supper and Middle Eastern Mezze.
We opted for the dreamy Street Food kit, which features four sexy spice blends (including their newest blend) plus a spice spoon, recipe cards and shopping list.
The recipes are easy to follow with restaurant-level results, and include piri-piri chicken, tandoori lamb chops, jerk spiced beef and peppers, cajun spiced rice, spiced slaw or hot garlic mayo.
They are the perfect Christmas gift for foodies, who will welcome these fresh, spicy flavours after a December of beige Christmas food groups.
They are also making a donation to Save the Children’s relief effort in the Middle East for every kit sold.
Bottega Gold Prosecco
If we were Jesus, THIS is the kind of gold we’d want to celebrate our Christmas arrival.
Presented in a beautiful, metallic bottle, this award-winning prosecco is crisp and refined, with notes of apple, pear, citrus and white flowers.
It’s made from grapes in Valdobbiadene – the area recognised for producing the finest Prosecco.
The legendary estate dates back to the 17th century, when Andrea Bottega began cultivating vines high in the Treviso hills. The sustainably run family estate is now world-renowned for its Prosecco, grappa and gin. Chin-chin.
BUY FROM VIP BOTTLES. £19.99
The Olive Oil Guy First Edition Can
This extraordinary, Greek Single Origin Extra Virgin Olive Oil is liquid gold for foodies.
The stylish can contains oil from Sparta, Peloponnese, made from the Koroneiki olive, the “crown olive” of Greece.
Cold-extracted, fresh, and built for daily use without compromise, it has a bright and grassy flavour, with a green almond backbone and a clean peppery finish.
We can't get enough of this on our salads, pasta, mashed potatoes, focaccia - it's even dreamy on vanilla ice cream. with a pinch of sea salt.
BUY FROM SELFRIDGES £18.99
ALDI Christmas Wines
Aldi has unveiled its new Winter Wine range featuring expert-selected bottles, which are perfect for seasonal pairings and excellent value gifting.
We sampled their fabulous Patagonian Malbec (£8.99) showcasing wine making trends, which chase freshness and character - like Argentina’s move to higher-altitude Malbecs.
They have also sourced some hidden gems from the South of France, like the Specially Selected Terret Blanc (£8.49) a wonderful, dry white with a raspberry finish.
We also recommend South African cracker, Stellenbosch Chardonnay (£6.99) which is sunshine in a glass for December, brimming with juicy peach, pineapple and mango flavours.
The Specially Selected new Cotes de Provence (£8.49) is a dangerously drinkable rosé, with lovely strawberries and cream notes.
Lily O’Brien’s Luxury Collection
Chocolates are the LAW at Christmas, and this luxurious collection of 27 chocolates is bursting with choice.
The fine chocolate assortment of milk, dark and white goodies comes in a symphony of flavours. These include much-loved classics like raspberry, zesty lemon, sea salted caramel, gianduja, coffee, almond biscotti, truffle, caramelised biscuit and crispy biscuit crunch. Yum.
BUY FROM LILY O’BRIENS. £12.50
Fever-Tree Mojito Cracker
There isn't a nail-clipper in sight in this cracker of a present.
Each luxury cracker contains a Fever-Tree Mojito Mixer 150ml and Duppy Share Spiced Rum 5cl to toast the big day with the perfect, festive tipple.
With their elegant design, they make the perfect, grown-up tree gift.
This year’s options include a cracker for every spirit lover; with an extensive G&T selection, plus tequila, vodka, whisky and rum crackers.
Fudge Kitchen Cracker
These make banging stocking fillers or super sweet Christmas table favours.
Each festive cracker is bulging with three luxury fudge treats, including Clotted Cream, Sea Salted Caramel and Double Chocolate. Phwoar.
BUY FROM FUDGE KITCHEN £4
