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Wednesday, 19 November 2025

Christmas gifts for food lovers

A list that’s bursting with tasty ideas, from cute gadgets to the pro-level chef’s knife and almost-too-pretty-to-eat chocolates

Photographs by Katherine Anne Rose

Beautiful and sweet Sur planetary box of six alfajores, £35, surchocolates.co.uk; Pierre Marcolini Mosaics Plumier box, £23, marcolini.co.uk; Spiced plum truffles, £20; Caramelised honey butter truffles, £20, both farmshop.co.uk

Sweet, spice, all things nice Falcon 3 pint jug, £40, and tumbler, £9.50, both falconenamelware.com; ghee pot and spoon, £27, vaarsalondon.com; Curry by Maunika Gowardhan (featuring ghee recipe, Quadrille, £26); order a copy at observershop.co.uk for £23.40; citrus 1000 piece jigsaw, £25.50, willowandstone.co.uk; strawberry tartlet candle, £30, choosingkeeping.com

Matcha made in heaven Mariage matcha in canister, £23, mariagefreres.com; Shizukana Matcha Set, £37.99, and Clearspring organic matcha ceremonial grade matcha tea, £16.99, both souschef.co.uk

Adorable Japanese gadgets Sencha tea with cat tags, £12, foundland.com; Japan Centre coin store popcorn maker, £20, japancentre.com; side-eye grater, £18, foundland.com

For big and little food lovers Seaweed print tea towels, £16 each, molesworthandbird.com; faux clementine keyring, £20, choosingkeeping.com; Bodum x MOMA 8-cup caffettiera, £35, and tea press with spoon, £40, selfridges.com; Opinel's Le Petit Chef kitchen knife and finger guard, £29.95, berryuseful.co.uk; Tender Leaf Toys Make Me a Pizza, £35, threadbaredesign.co.uk

Covetable kit Evergreen Design Series mixer, £899, kitchenaid.co.uk; star anise silver pendant, from £174.20, fionahutchinson.co.uk; walnut cutting board, £125, fermliving.co.uk.

Leading lights Chilli, £55; ramen, £16; sriracha sauce, £14; banana, £51; tomato, £55; all urbanoutfitters.com

Butter up your loved ones Flamigni salted butter panettone, £39.99; French salted butter caramels in vintage style milk churn, £14.99; Eat My Socks hair claw clip, £16.99; Heni rooster butter dish, £51.99; Brets salted butter crisps, £3.99; all souschef.co.uk

Red alert Town Cutler oyster shucker, £58, kitchenprovisions.co.uk; Fragrant Knives Chinese chef's knife, £88, fragrantknives.com; cast-iron Fireup Dutch oven £250, souschef.co.uk; candied cherries, £9.98, tesco.com

For dirty martini lovers Filthy Dirty Wet Dry socks £11.99, sausagepress.uk; Fallow cocktail candle, £34.95, holly.co; Studio Thie olive glass decoration, £12, studiothie.com; Perello Manzanilla Picante Olives, £13.75, brindisa.com

Glass and more Heim Söhne salad servers, £58, pophamshome.com; Flamigni salted butter panettone, £39.99, souschef.co.uk; sushi soy sauce fish mirror, £26, printedweird.com. Iittala Ultima Thule Pitcher 50cl, £180; highball 38cl (set of 2), £80; sparkling wine 18cl (set of 2), £75; old fashioned 20cl (set of 2), £65, all iittala.com

Beat the daily grind Graef hand coffee grinder, £125, graefshop.co.uk; Microplane spice mill, £29.95, trevormottram.co.uk; David Mellor salt and pepper mill, £45 each, davidmellordesign.com

Deck the halls Fig glass ornament, £18, Tannenbaumkranze traditional chocolates, £10, and gherkin glass ornament, £20, all choosingkeeping.com; Heirloom Splendour sardine tin bauble, £8, Heirloom Splendour biscuit bauble, £6, both johnlewis.com

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