The Definitive Guide to Christmas Hampers 2019

Let’s be honest, family and presents, Christmas is mainly about the food.

So this year, forget trawling overheated, busy stores on a fruitless search for the perfect gift (who knows what size anyone is anyway?) – getting them a Christmas hamper ticks every box.

The festive classic is a high impact gift that is guaranteed to go down well – and now there are so many to choose from, you can get just the right hamper for everyone.

From a collection of cheese to fizz, wine, beautiful cakes and biscuits and a turkey with the trimmings, here are some of the best Christmas hampers for 2019.

 

For The Traditionalists

The Cartwright Classic

cartwright and butler rosedale hamper
(Picture: Cartwright and Butler)

Chock full to the brim with treats, this one covers all the bases with more than 20 of Cartwright and Butler’s most popular treats – in a lovely crate bundle.

There is traditional breakfast tea, classic Earl Grey tea and rich full-bodied café York coffee from Yorkshire. Also an assortment of Cartwright and Butler preserves, including apricot preserve, smooth acacia honey with honeycomb and the finest Yorkshire chutney. There are rosemary focaccia bread thins, olive and garlic wheat flatbreads and oven-baked tomato and basil bread thins, selection of lemon and tangerine slice sweets, Belgian chocolates, crumbling festive butter shortbread and more to satisfy a Christmas sweet tooth.

The Rosedale Luxury Christmas Hamper Large Wooden Crate, £150.00 cartwrightandbutler

 

The Gourmet Xmas Hamper

Gourmet Christmas Hamper from The Hamper Lounge
(Picture: Hamper Lounge)

A great one for gourmands, this hamper includes: basil and olive oil and fig and olive oil crackers by the Fine Cheese Company along with real ale chutney by Cartwright & Butler. There is a selection of cheeses, plum chutney and a fantastic selection of chocs including salted caramel truffles and gold, frankincense and myrrh dark chocolate by Coco Chocolatier.  There is also a lovely selection of biscuits, teas and fudge.

The  Gourmet Christmas Hamper, £213.99, hamperlounge

 

The Christmas Icon

The Piccadilly Hamper by Fortnum and Mason
(Picture: Fortnum and Mason)

Iconic in the world of hampers, Fortnum and Mason have put together a Piccadilly Hamper that is a lovely taster of some of their most classic products: their finest examples of breakfast teas, coffees, tipples, marmalades, preserves, condiments, biscuits and chocolates – all picked, packed and ready for a festive feast

The Piccadilly Hamper,  £100, fortnumandmason

 

The Finer Things

Jeroboams Hampstead Hamper
(Picture: Jeroboams)
Filled with a host of English and French produce, London’s local wine merchant makes lovely, traditional hampers.
The Hampstead Hamper includes a 2018 Domaine Louis Moreau Chablis, 2015 Bodegas Melipal Melipal Supernova and a 2014 Hunter’s Hukapapa Riesling Dessert Wine along with a variety of teas, a Lincet Brillat-Savarin, Ballancourt Pheasant Paté with Armagnac, savoury biscuits, mince pies and almond macaroons.
The Hampstead Hamper by Jeroboams, £150, jeroboams

The Cheeseboarders

Wensleydale Mill Foss Christmas Hamper
(Picture: Wensleydale Creamery)

 

Wensleydale Creamery’s Mill Foss Hamper is new this year and it offers a great selection for cheese connoisseurs.

Included are 7 waxed  truckles (Yorkshire Wensleydale, Yorkshire Wensleydale & Cranberries, Yorkshire Wensleydale & Ginger, Hot & Spicy Cheddar, Yorkshire Wensleydale & Apricots, Cheddar with Caramelised Onion and Yorkshire Cheddar), along with a Wensleydale Blue, a variety of savoury flatbreads, a Yorkshire Wensleydale Chutney, fig chutney and a fruit cake.

Thoughtfully, It  also comes with a Wensleydale Creamery branded cheeseboard, cheese knife and a Wensleydale Creamery apron.

The Mill Foss Hamper, £85, Wensleydale

The Piccadilly

The Paxton and Whitfield hamper is a cheese feast
The Paxton and Whitfield hamper is a cheese feast

Britain’s leading cheesemonger for over 200 years has created a belter of a cheese hamper.

It’s their best-seller and contains a range of their house cheeses, including the Cheddar Pounder, Celtic Soft and Dorset Goat, accompanied by a sumptuous collection of accompanying preserves, chutney, biscuits and sweet treats.

Presented in a traditional wooden hamper box, it’s a lovely gift.

The Piccadilly Hamper by Paxton & Whitfield, £100,  paxtonandwhitfield

The Cheese Geek

The Cilnt Hamper by the Cheese Geek
(Picture: The Cheese Geek)

This delicious hamper includes four award-winning, crowd-pleasing, never-to-be-seen in a supermarket cheeses and four wines paired by the in-house experts at The Cheese Geek.

Great as a Christmas gift for all the cheese lovers in the family, equally as good for a night in on the sofa watching Netflix all by yourself. The gourmet cheese includes an Old Winchester (something like a  Gouda, but better) a Westcombe Cheddar, Peri Wen (a Brie/Camembert blend and the more complex Les Hautes Terrasses. Paired wines include a Cotes Du Rhône, a crisp Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon and an Australian Merlot.

The Clint by The Cheese Geek, £50, thecheesegeek

Fancy Formaccio

Formaggio Accompaniment  Hamper
Formaggio Accompaniment Hamper
From The River Café to Le Gavroche; Vallebona has been supplying top chefs across the UK for many years. And  they know that an excellent cheese deserves excellent sidelines.
This hamper includes a jar of delectable acacia honey infused truffle slices, Mosto d’Uva from Sardinia, a reduction of Carignano, (a young red wine, which is great with blue cheeses) and roasted hazelnuts from Alba. Vermouth lovers will be delighted with the tart bottle of Vermouth Rosso that is included.

Formaggio Accompaniment  Hamper,  £67,  vallebona

Festive Fruits

Go Go fruit basket
(Picture: GoGo Fruit Basket)
GoGo Fruit Basket has a range of fruit and gift hampers for Christmas but their Festive Indulgence is a cheese and fruit feast.
Included are Snowdonia cheese truckles, pate, Scottish oatcakes, bananas, grapes, apples, sweet pears with masses of satsumas/clementines and 2 bottles of a lovely red wine, finished with a mixture of Medjoul dates and Chinese gooseberries
Festive Indulgence Fruit Basket, £85, gogofruitbasket

Woodland Animals Hamper/Tote

Lakeland Woodland Animals Hamper Tote
(Picture: Lakeland)

 

It’s a savoury treat-crammed hamper in a lovely woodland animal-themed tote.

Great for an after-dinner cheeseboard, it includes black garlic pickle (surprisingly tangy and delicious) as well as a cheeseboard chutney, red onion marmalade, mature cheddar and red pepper with pumpkin seeds oaty biscuits and pickled onions in cider vinegar.

Lakeland Woodland Animals Tote, £24.99, lakeland

Mrs Bridges Classic Christmas

Mrs Bridges Lakeland Christmas Hamper
(Picture: Lakeland)

Preserves, curds, biscuits and fudge plus chutney and relish In a smart, striped jute shopper – this one’s a great all rounder.

Mrs Bridges Classic Christmas Hamper has a nice selection of both sweet and savoury delights including Scottish raspberry and strawberry preserves, four fruit marmalade, fine cut orange marmalade, pear, apple and ginger chutney, sweet onion relish a lovely assortment of creamy fudges.

Guaranteed freshness into 2020.

Mrs Bridges Classic Christmas Hamper, £29.99, lakeland

The Festive Tipplers

A Star Attraction

This red star-shaped wicker hamper is a head turner on its own and perfect for using as a festive decoration once your lucky recipient has devoured the contents,

It includes a bag of Radfords handmade West Country Clotted Cream Fudge, roast chestnut and chive peanuts and hazelnuts and a Gold Crown mini loaf cake with a toasted marzipan topping. It also includes a mini bottle of Zonin prosecco and STAS Milk Chocolate bar embellished with chocolate stars and white chocolate swirls and sprinkles.

Star Attraction by Virginia Hayward, £24.99, virginiahayward

Gin Gifting

Salcombe Gin Rose Santa Marie Gin Hamper
(Picture: Salcombe Gin)

This luxurious gift hamper is perfect for the gin lover on your Christmas list. The ‘Rosé Sainte Marie’ hamper includes a bottle of ‘Rosé Sainte Marie’, (a new, Mediterranean inspired gin, purposefully dry in style and with no added sugar), a copper barware set (copper jigger measure, bar blade and tongs), two Copa style reusable plastic glasses, tonic waters and a Salcombe Gin jute bag.

It comes in a willow hamper basket with an antique wash finish (it’s very pretty actually).

Salcombe Gin’s ‘Rosé Sainte Marie’, £100,salcombegin

The French Spritz

Harvey Nichols French Spritz St Germain
(Picture: St Germain and Harvey Nichols)

Swishy and spritzy, the iconic elderflower liqueur makers at St-Germain have partnered up exclusively with Harvey Nichols to create the  St-Germain French Spritz Christmas hamper.

Embodying French refinement and the festive season all in one, the luxurious hamper contains a bottle of St-Germain along with a bottle of Premier Cru Brut Champagne and a cocktail book set to guide your mixology skills to the next level.

Harvey Nichols French Spritz Gift Set, £55, harveynichols

The Whisky Hamper

The Woodsman Whisky Hamper
(Picture: Woodsman Whisky)

If you want something that will stand out from the wicker baskets and bottles of wine, why not opt for a  hamper that arrives in a classic red toolbox. Rather than DIY gear, it contains tools to build a maple syrup Old Fashioned with Woodsman whisky.

The unique box includes: a Woodsman glass, stirrer, spoon, maple syrup, bitters and a bottle of The Woodsman Whisky – the only thing you need to supply is an orange.

The Woodsman Toolbox, £38.52, amazon.co.uk (Available on Amazon Prime, so can be  purchased right up until Dec 23 for Christmas Eve delivery)

Sweet Treats

 

Lakeland Chocoholic’s Christmas Hamper

Lakeland Chocoholic Hamper
(Picture: Lakeland)

This pretty dark blue basket is a stand-out and inside it gets even better. Chocolate-coated butter fudge, luxury Belgian chocolate thins, chocolate popcorn, chocolate orange curd, double chocolate chunk cookies, drinking fudge, truffle bites and organic chocolate-coated almonds are sure to be a hit with the sweet tooth tribe.

Lakeland Chocoholics Christmas Hamper, £39.99 lakeland

Let it be Cakemas

Hummingbird Bakery Chocolate Reindeer Cake
(Picture: Hummingbird Bakery)
This Christmas Chocolate Rainbow Reindeer Cake is a very cool way to take hamper giving to another level. Made by the celebrated bakers at Hummingbird, this Rudolph has a very yummy red-nose indeed. Rainbow vanilla sponge layers are covered in chocolate frosting and topped with an adorable reindeer-shaped sugar fondant and frosting rosettes. Or you can opt for their classic Christmas  cupcakes – this year for the first time in minis. All cakes are freshly baked from scratch and delivery is available at selected London postcodes.
Christmas cupcakes from Hummingbird bakery London
(Picture: Hummingbird Bakery)
Christmas Chocolate Rainbow Reindeer Cake, £64.95 hummingbirdbakery and Christmas Mini Cupcakes Selection Box, £23.25, hummingbirdbakery

Hot Chocolate

Whittard Hot Chocolate Christmas Hamper
(Picture: Whittard)

If they love hot chocolate this is the one.

Whittard has created a lovely hot chocolate stacking tin hamper that features a gorgeous salted caramel flavour, a luxury white hot chocolate, a spiced Christmas classic and a classic luxury version.

Mini marshmallows also included.

Whittard’s Christmas Chocolatissimo Hamper, £88 Whittard

Ultimate Chocs

Chococo Chocolates Christmas Hamper
(Picture: Chococo)
Chocco’s  annual bestseller is packed full of seasonal chocolate delights including their coveted new Christmas  clusters: candied orange, freshly ground cardamom, Madagascar roasted cocoa nibs and crushed pistachios in dark chocolate.
Also included are Dorset sea salt caramel dark chocolate stars, rose and lemon  Turkish Delight smothered in 67% Madagascar origin dark chocolate, Colombian Chocolate Coffee Beans covered in Colombian dark chocolate, a golden caramelised white chocolate mini bar and a festive  box of 16 chocolates including 2018’s  award winners.
Chococo Giant Christmas Hamper, £100, Chococo

Beautiful Biccies

Biscuiteers Christmas cookies and gin hamper
(Picture: Biscuiteers)
Exquisite hand-iced biscuits along with Sipsmith triple mini gin in a hand-illustrated gift box makes a lovely Christmas hamper, perfect for those who love their gin and biscuits.
All biscuits are based upon a traditional twice-baked English-style biscuits and promise a shelf life for at least a month, lasting long after they’ve taken down the tree.
Christmas Biscuits and Gin Selection  Gift Box, £52, Biscuiteers

T’was the Niche Before Christmas

The Healthy Hamper

Planet Organic Hamper
(Picture: Planet Organic)

Revive the lost art of afternoon tea with this beautiful collection of organic teas, melt-in-your-mouth chocolates and biscuits from Planet Organic. Remind your loved ones to take the afternoon off on Christmas and indulge without the guilt.

Featuring premium organic brands Booja Booja, Island Bakery, Everfresh and more.

The Afternoon Tea Hamper from Planet Organic, £70, planetorganic

The CBD Christmas

The Canna Club CBD Hamper Christmas
(Picture: The Canna Club)

CBD is the hot topic in wellness right now, so why not gift the special person in your life some holistic healing.

London Cannabis dispensary Canna Club has created a curated selection of their most popular CBD products in a Christmas hamper sure to calm festive stress.

Includes CBD Bath Bombs, stem cells and dermabrasion scrub, CBD chocolate, CBD honey, CBD lozenges and a nifty vape.

The Canna Club Christmas Hamper 2, £250, cannaclubuk

A Taste of Wales

Little Wales Taste of Wales Hamper
(Picture: Discover Delicious Wales)

The Little Welsh Wicker Hamper is a generous little guy filled to the brim with award-winning produce from the Black Mountain Smokery – smoked chicken, duck, cheddar, sausage and two kinds of smoked salmon.

It’s a delicious introduction to gourmet smoked foods – paired with a few other Welsh delicacies – that even the most seasoned foodie will enjoy.

The Little Welsh Wicker Hamper,  £128, Discoverdelicious.wales

The Main Event

Turkey & Trimmings

What’s more Christmassy than taking care of Christmas dinner for them? Take the pressure off by sending out an entire turkey from Morton’s, an small, award-winning turkey farm in North Norfolk.

Their hampers include everything you’d need for the perfect Christmas lunch or dinner at home including turkey, smoked salmon, pigs in blankets, free-range pork and chestnut stuffing, smoked chicken breast, smoked duck breast and traditional Christmas pudding. They come in three sizes – small, medium and large, depending on the amount of people.

They ship nationwide via 24-hour Royal Mail delivery and orders are packed in a carton insulated with natural wool that is biodegradable. Ice packs keep the turkey safely chilled to ensure it arrives in tip top shape. All day deliver is available from Saturday 21, Sunday 22 or Monday 23 December. Alternately, you can visit the farm on 23 or 24 December to pick up your turkey.

Small Christmas Hamper from Morton’s Farm, £78, mortonsfarm

Beef Wellington

Forget all the side bars, why not cut to the chase and gift them an elegant main course this Christmas?
Handmade by Donald Russell from grass-fed British beef fillet, this 1.1kg Wellington Log is perfect for a Christmas dinner and is a very thoughtful gift for a foodie friend.
It comes frozen and neatly presented in an ecobox ready to be popped into the fridge and defrosted for the big day.  It also includes an elegant beechwood carving board, tea towel and cooking guide.
Beef Wellington Selection, £70, donaldrussell

Meat Muscle Foods

Protein lovers rejoice!  Musclefood have just launched their 2019 Christmas Hampers. There are eight variations to choose from including a whole British turkey, a luxury turkey breast roast, and a free-range topside roast beef.

Basically everything is in there for a festive feast for a minimum of six people for breakfast and lunch on Christmas day – including fresh veggies and gravy – with enough leftovers for Boxing Day snacking as well.

The hampers also conveniently include time-saving disposable roasting trays, so there’s no greasy pots to wash up after Christmas lunch, plus step-by-step recipes to help cook each dish with ease.

Musclefood’s Christmas Hampers, start at £59, musclefood

The Chateaubriand Box

Chateaubriand
(Picture: Farmison & Co)
One of the most outstanding and classic cuts of fillet from the tenderloin, perfect for sharing, the chateaubriand is a deliciously flavoursome and tender cut.
Farmison & Co have created a Christmas hamper box that contains this beautiful cut of grass fed beef, 32 day dry-aged chateaubriand, partnered with their fierce horseradish cream – a simple and lovely alternative to more chutney and wicker.
The Chateaubriand Box, £37.95, Farmison

 



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