BEST FOOD AND DRINK CHRISTMAS GIFTS
Our Tried and Tested Guide to the Top Foodie Presents of 2026
Tis the season to eat, drink and be merry and we have sniffed out the BEST food and drink Christmas gifts for 2026.
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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Fritaire Air Fryer
Beautiful and air fryer are words which rarely share a sentence… unless it’s the revolutionary Fritaire Air Fryer.
This is the Christmas gift which keeps on giving - it self cleans, it’s incredibly powerful, it has six different cooking functions, is non-toxic and comes with a gaggle of brilliant accessories. The only thing it can’t do is wrap your presents and stop the cat knocking the baubles off the tree.
Its futuristic design is super sexy and comes in a range of jazzy colours - from orange and teal to red, mauve rose, sage green, lavender, white and black.
But there’s more to this bad-boy than looks. We were blown away by the power of its 1500W Halogen Heater. And we loved its self-cleaning bowl - genius.
There are six, super handy, one-touch cooking functions. Roast your Christmas chicken on the rotisserie, bake your mince pies, cook your sprouts in the French tumbler, and dehydrate oranges for your festive cocktails and cake.
Cleaner, healthier meals, made more easily, with no cleaning bother in a gizmo which looks as good as it performs. A very Merry Frymas.
BUY FROM FRITAIRE £179
Luxury Christmas Basket
Within this luxurious, handwoven wicker hamper, you will discover all the tastes and smells of Christmas.
This is the ultimate gift for foodies, generously brimming with indulgent, seasonal delights.
Packed with everything you need for a luxurious Christmas celebration, the basket includes a wonderfully fruity red, and a crisp and fresh white Vino De La Sierra mountain wines.
There are handmade Yorkshire Valley Bakery chocolate chip cookies (too good to leave for Santa) festive, shortbread shapes, and a traditional brandy Christmas pudding
It’s such an exciting treasure trove to dive into. We discover a luxurious, iced fruit Christmas cake; gourmet Chocovia pralines, and a milk chocolate bar.
For the Boxing Day table, there are artisanal Cheddar Crackers by Miller’s, and Yorkshire crisps in delicious tomato, basil and mozzarella flavours.
It’s the gift that keeps on giving, as Boxing Day breakfast is also covered, with a selection of English tea and the fabulously fruity, Valley Preserves strawberry jam and medium cut marmalade.
It’s an incredible value showstopper - fingers crossed your recipient is good at sharing.
BUY FROM 123 HAMPERS £100
MÄNNKITCHEN Pepper Cannon
This impossibly satisfying kitchen showpiece will leave you feeling like The Bear, while making your tea.
The professional-grade grinder delivers a consistent grind without the usual shower of pepper dust followed by a few stubborn, whole peppercorns.
In fact, you can season a steak in around seven cranks rather than 70 - which leaves considerably more time for eating it.
This brings out all of the flavours and smells of the freshly ground pepper, with none of the effort, for restaurant-grade seasoning.
It's brilliantly sturdy - machined from solid aluminium with hardened steel burrs - and grinds roughly 10 times faster than a standard mill.
It transforms an everyday ritual into something that makes you feel like Carmy, with a gaggle of settings, from fine to coarse.
Essential for the cook who has everything — except properly ground pepper.
BUY FROM MÄNNKITCHEN £175
MEATER Pro Thermometer
For restaurant quality results at home, this game-changing, premium wireless smart thermometer delivers perfectly cooked meats without the guesswork.
The super whizzy part is its Smart Temp™ Multisensor technology, which uses multiple sensors to work out the lowest temperature inside your meat, rather than relying on a single reading. The result? So you won't get a worryingly pink turkey or or steak that’s been cooked into submission.
It connects to your phone via Bluetooth and the MEATER app, where you can keep an eye on cooking progress and set alerts for temperature, ambient heat and resting time, so you don't need to slave over a hot stove or grill.
We loved that the probe can cope with temperatures up to a stonking 550°C - perfect for the barbie, while being waterproof enough for sous-vide and deep frying. It’s even dishwasher-safe. Boom.
A 15-minute charge gives you up to 12 hours of cooking, while every probe is individually calibrated for consistent results.
Whether you're slow-smoking a brisket, grilling a steak or simply trying to nail the Christmas turkey without the annual panic, MEATER Pro is a quietly brilliant bit of kit. Less peering through oven doors, fewer nervous pokes with a knife, and considerably more confidence that what comes out of the kitchen is exactly what you intended.
Stick a fork in me, I'm done.
BUY FROM MEATER £129
MasWorth - November Polyphenols Organic Extra Virgin or High Polyphenol
Stop all the clocks. We have discovered a rare and ultra premium selection of extraordinary olive oils, specialising in the high-polyphenol — sometimes referred to as the “Health Claim” — category of EVOO.
MasWorth brings four generations of traditional Greek olive-growing into the modern high-polyphenol category.
Olive oil’s quality, provenance and health-related qualities often rely heavily on marketing claims, but MasWorth combines natural, sustainable family farming practices with modern independent laboratory analysis of each harvest, for full, measurable transparency.
It’s important, because oils must contain sufficient levels of specific olive polyphenols to make authorised health claims under EU laws.
So not only do these oils protect blood from oxidative stress, they are also sensational drizzled over salads, grilled meats and even (our favourite dessert combo) vanilla ice cream.
BUY FROM MASWORTH Extra Virgin Olive Oil £26.90 / High Polyphenol Olive Oil £27.90
Microplane Adjustable Slicer with V-Blade PureCut
For the cook who likes their vegetables beautifully uniform - and their fingers firmly attached - meet Microplane’s ingenious, PureCut V-Plane.
This clever little slicer keeps things pleasingly simple: no confusing attachments or kitchen-gadget gymnastics, just a razor-sharp V-blade that delivers everything from wafer-thin slices to chunky 8mm cuts. Potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, apples, onions - consider them neatly sliced.
There’s a comfy soft-touch handle, non-slip base and handy finger guard, so it’s both satisfyingly efficient and reassuringly safe.A smart, compact kitchen upgrade that might just make you look forward to chopping vegetables.
Yvonne Ellen - Bee Wine Glasses & Bee Drinks Tray
This stunning drinks tray and glasses are the perfect way to show your honey that she's the bee's knees.
Yvonne Ellen is famed for her quirky and opulent homeware, encapsulated by this beautiful, blush pink wooden tray, emblazoned with her bee design, with blue and shimmering gold detailing.
Topped with her beautiful, matching wine glasses, you can present a tipple fit for a Queen Bee.
They're made from fabulously luxurious soda lime glass, in delicate green and pink, and decorated with her trademark, gold bees and elegant patterns. They are exquisite - super light, with colours which catch the light and the perfect pair to toast your lover with, this Valentine's.
BUY FROM YVONNE ELLEN. Bee Wine Glasses, £25 (set of 2) Bee Drinks Tray £20
The Sweet Hamper Company Christmas Sweet Box
Make Christmas even sweeter, with this beautifully presented hamper of 20 sweetie varieties, from Christmas Elves, Santa lollies, penguins, fizzy Christmas trees, gummy reindeer and Candy Canes to retro classics like Double Dips, popping candy and Giant Strawberries.
It comes with a free, personalised gift card in a goodie box crammed with treats, decorated with Christmas paper and topped with a white shredded tissue.
Guaranteed to put a smile on the faces of little elves this Christmas… or even Santa’s bigger, sweet-toothed helpers.
BUY FROM SWEET HAMPER COMPANY. £26.50
The Ole & Steen Cookbook
Bun-botherers rejoice - the masters of Danish Hygge, Ole & Steen have released their very first cookbook just in time for Christmas.
Packed with 45 recipes for bakers of every level , it brings the Danish bakery’s much-loved bakes into your kitchen - from cardamom buns and Cinnamon Socials to Danish sausage rolls and traditional recipes inspired by their cosy, Scandinavian roots.
This is more than a book of recipes. It’s an excuse to slow down, put the kettle on and fill the kitchen with the smell of delicious bakes. A little Danish hygge, without the airfare.
BUY FROM OLE AND STEEN £19.95
Cox&Co Selection Box
Finally, a selection box for the grown-ups, by the masters of dark chocolate indulgence, Cox&Co.
Inside you’ll find a 71% single-origin dark chocolate bar, plus our personal favourite, the bee pollen and honey, plus the refreshing mint crunch, and the intriguingly moreish miso and caramel combo.
Since hot chocolate is the law at Christmas, regardless of age, it even comes with a Colombian dark hot chocolate spoon.
A thoughtful little box of seriously good chocolate - with enough variety to make sharing an option. Whether you choose to is entirely up to you.
BUY FROM COX&CO £17.50
Life & Death IPA and Socks Set
The obligatory Christmas socks have got a boozy upgrade, for the craft beer connoisseur .
The Life & Death Beer & Socks Gift Set pairs four 330ml cans of the boldly hoppy Life & Death IPA with a pair of branded socks. The beer is punchy and refreshing; the socks are made for putting your feet up with one in hand.
Ideal for the beer lover, the craft-beer obsessive, or abynody who (rightly) believes the correct way to spend December is horizontal, well-fed and holding an IPA.
Four beers. One pair of socks. Zero festive faff. Cheers to that.
Lily O'Brien's Christmas Desserts Selection
Christmas dinner deserves a grand finale - and this luxury chocolatier has created little bites of pudding magic you'll have just enough space for, post-turkey.
It's a mini dessert trolley in a box, packed with bite-sized versions of classic puds. Expect Hazelnut Torte, Crème Brûlée, Lemon Posset and Spiced Latte, alongside new festive flavours including Key Lime Pie, Black Forest, Carrot Cake and Orange & Cranberry Pannetone.
Perfect for passing around after dinner, sneaking into during a Christmas film or quietly hiding from everyone else until January.
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