HARRIET ARKELL THE SAVVY SHOPPER: From £20 to £20,000, our 選ぶ of the yummiest 妨害するs

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Forget those tins of salmon, boxes of dates and endless packets of oatcakes ― today, Christmas 妨害するs are packed with 扱う／治療するs we 現実に want to eat!

As a result, they’re more popular than ever. Fortnum & Mason, seen by many as the home of the 妨害する, says sales are up 18 per cent this year, while Waitrose has 二塁打d its 妨害する 範囲 since last year and 推定する／予想するs a 40 per cent sales 増加する.

Modern 妨害するs 含む the most succulent Spanish ham, the finest ワインs and delicious chocolate truffles. They cater for everyone, too, from the gluten-intolerant (Dobbies do a £25 gluten-解放する／自由な 妨害する) to the beer-drinker (Rhug.co.uk sells an ale 妨害する for £63.75). Or you can build your own, starting with Waitrose’s pretty 木造の gift crate (£5).

Here are some of the best to 控訴 every 予算...

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Taste of the Deli with Italian Winem 妨害する, £75, from M&S, makes the perfect gift for the foodie in your life

Taste of the Deli with Italian ワイン

£75, M&S (marksandspencer.com)

This would be a 広大な／多数の／重要な gift for the foodie in your life, as everything is a real 扱う／治療する ―― no pointless piccalilli that will sit in your cupboard 集会 dust.

It 含む／封じ込めるs a 瓶／封じ込める of Pinot Grigio, a 瓶／封じ込める of Piemonte Barbera, and a 選択 of antipasti, duck pate with truffles, Delice du Chablis washed cheese, chutney, 手渡す-（手先の）技術d Italian flatbreads and a jar of fat Greek olives. I can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t like this ― and 配達／演説／出産 is 解放する／自由な .

Prestat Christmas Moments 妨害する, £65, prestat.co.uk, which comes in a large 見解／翻訳／版 tied up with 略章s

Prestat Christmas Moments 妨害する

£65, (prestat.co.uk)

Nothing quickens the chocolate-lover’s pulse like the sight of a blue and pink Prestat box, so this Christmas 妨害する, which comes in a large 見解／翻訳／版 of the box tied up with 略章s, would be the perfect 扱う／治療する.

It 含む／封じ込めるs seven items from the Prestat 範囲, 含むing Sea Salt Caramels, 小型の Mince Pies, Cinnamon Hot Chocolate and a Red Velvet Bauble filled with truffles. There’s also a 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 of Orange & Cardamom chocolate, a 小型の Christmas 在庫／株ing filled with Marc de シャンペン酒 truffles, and a decent-sized box of assorted Christmas Chocolates. If no one’s going to give it to you, I can’t see why you shouldn’t just buy one for yourself and work your way through it in secret. 解放する／自由な 配達／演説／出産.

Cheese lover's gift 妨害する, £60, M&S, has been 減ずるd from £75 and comes with three different cheeses

Cheese lover's gift

£60, M&S

This lovely little gift 始める，決める is not only beautifully thought out, but is also 減ずるd from £75. It comes with three different cheeses, the award-winning Blacksticks Blue (述べるd as ‘the daddy of all blue cheeses’), Gould’s Farmhouse Cheddar, and a Normandy Camembert, a jar of spiced damson chutney and a 選択 of specialist cheese 薄焼きパン／素焼陶器s, 加える a 瓶／封じ込める of Classic Claret Bordeaux.?

ボクシング Day supper in a box ― just eat it on the sofa in 前線 of the 解雇する／砲火／射撃. 解放する／自由な 配達／演説／出産.

Smith & Kinghorn festive 妨害する, £ 49.99, smithandkinghornhampers.co.uk, is a new family-run 商売／仕事

Smith & Kinghorn festive 妨害する

£49.99 (smithandkinghornhampers.co.uk)

Smith & Kinghorn is a new, family-run 商売／仕事 based in Oxfordshire, selling 妨害するs filled with British-only 製品s.

Their Festive 妨害する 含むs 12 製品s 範囲ing from Thorntons Truffles and Cottage Delight Strawberry Extra Jam to Walkers Glenfiddich Mincemeat Tarts and Mrs Darlington’s Cranberry Sauce with Port.

Packed into a smart cardboard box, it comes with a personalised message and would be just the 職業 to send 井戸／弁護士席 in time for Christmas so the 受取人 won’t have already bought the festive foods it 含む／封じ込めるs.

You’ll have to 支払う／賃金 £8.40 配達／演説／出産, but the sweetener is that you get another whole 妨害する ― their chocolate and cake-filled Yuletide ― 解放する／自由な. And they give ten per cent of all sales to the Support British 兵士s charity for 兵士s and their families.

Taste of Spain gift box, £75, Waitrose, 含む／封じ込めるs everything the winter-time hispanophile might want

Taste of Spain gift box

£75, Waitrose (waitrosedirect.com or call 0800 188881)

We spend two weeks every summer in Spain and the other 50 weeks dreaming of it, so this box 十分な of authentic Spanish delicacies would be a welcome 爆破 of 日光.?

With a tin of the fabulously 一括d Ortiz マグロ in olive oil, a 500g pack of Arroz Calasparra rice (perfect for paella), smoked paprika and some hard turron, 同様に as a 瓶／封じ込める of Vega Ariana Rioja and other 扱う／治療するs, it 含む／封じ込めるs everything the winter-time hispanophile might want, without the horrors of the EasyJet 列 at Gatwick.?

解放する／自由な 配達／演説／出産 but hurry ― some 配達／演説／出産 dates are already 調書をとる／予約するd out!

Christmas breakfast, lunch & dinner meat box for six, £58, todenhammanorfarm.co.uk, also comes in 12-pack

Christmas breakfast, lunch & dinner meat box for six??

£58, Todenham Manor Farm (todenhammanorfarm.co.uk)

The clever idea behind this box is that it will take the hassle out of feeding six people (you can also get boxes for 12), for at least one day over Christmas.

From the 広大な／多数の／重要な Taste Award-winning farm in Moreton-in-March, in the Cotswolds, each box 含む／封じ込めるs 伝統的に 後部d beef and pork from Middle White, Saddleback and Gloucester Old 位置／汚点／見つけ出す pigs and pedigree South Devon cattle. This particular 妨害する 含む／封じ込めるs cured streaky bacon, 伝統的な breakfast sausages, a 2kg gammon 共同の and a 2kg topside 共同の of 28-day 老年の beef (other 削減（する）s are 利用できる).

If you have a red-血d meat eater to buy for, or a 悩ますd host/hostess juggling menu 計画（する）s, this would go 負かす／撃墜する 極端に 井戸／弁護士席.

配達／演説／出産 is £9.95 to anywhere in 本土／大陸 UK.

Best of Brompton, £125, Brompton Food Market, which 含むs 23 delicacies from around the world

Best of Brompton

£125, Brompton Food Market (bromptonfoodmarket.com)

Brompton Food Market was 始める，決める up earlier this year by former Borough Market demonstration chef Luke Mackay, in a busy 位置／汚点／見つけ出す 近づく the museums of South Kensington.

The brains behind this smart new deli have put a lot of thought into the contents of this 妨害する, which 含むs 23 delicacies from around the world, 範囲ing from Longhi Tartufi Extra Virgin Olive Oil with 黒人／ボイコット Truffle, Antonella Peeled Tomatoes, Geo. Watkins Mushroom Ketchup and Pump Street パン屋 Sourdough and Sea Salt Chocolate. If you’d like to 追加する alcohol, another £200 will get you a 瓶／封じ込める of 政治家 Roger White 失敗させる／負かす シャンペン酒, a 瓶／封じ込める of Domaine Mathieu Chateauneuf du Pape 紅 2009, and a 瓶／封じ込める of Philippe Raimbault Sancerre 2011.

配達／演説／出産 範囲s between £10-£20, depending on 目的地.

Merchant gourmet 必須の Christmas, £19.99, merchant-gourmet.com, would make a lovely 早期に 現在の

Merchant gourmet 必須の Christmas??

£19.99, (merchant-gourmet.com)

減ずるd from £25.72, this useful little 妨害する 含む／封じ込めるs Merchant Gourmet delicacies that will make your Christmas dinner truly luxurious this year. Whole chestnuts, chestnut puree and goose fat will 確実にする your festive feast is delicious, and when everyone’s gone home, you can make a healthy supper with the Puy Lentils and the porcini mushrooms. Or go for broke with the dulce de leche and baby figs in rum. If you’re going to stay with people for Christmas, it would make a lovely 早期に 現在の for your hosts.

Christmas cracker 妨害する, £100, Waitrose, is a 取引 after 存在 減ずるd by £50 and has 解放する／自由な 配達／演説／出産

Christmas cracker 妨害する??

£100, Waitrose

This one’s a bit of a 取引 (it’s just been 減ずるd from £150) and 申し込む／申し出s some lovely 扱う／治療するs, not to について言及する a 瓶／封じ込める of Waitrose Prosecco 加える a 瓶／封じ込める each of Merlot and Chardonnay. Linden Lady Handmade 高級な Chocolates, Dormen Cashews, All Butter Kalamata 黒人／ボイコット Olive and Tomato 新たな展開s and a big 初めの Cake Company 最高の，を越す-Iced 厚板 Cake are の中で the goodies. 配達／演説／出産 is 解放する／自由な.

A taste of Christmas, £25, Hope and Greenwood, would go 負かす／撃墜する 井戸／弁護士席 with teenage girls with its 甘い 扱う／治療するs

A taste of Christmas

£25, Hope and Greenwood (hopeandgreenwood.co.uk)

This pretty collection of 甘い 扱う／治療するs from the retro 甘い-製造者s would go 負かす／撃墜する very 井戸／弁護士席 with all the teenage girls I know. With Curly Candy 茎s, Christmas bon-bons, cocoa-dusted truffles and pate de fruit 甘いs, the real 星／主役にする of the show is the box of pudding fudges, which are the nicest 甘いs I’ve tasted for years. 配達／演説／出産 costs from £3.

...if you've just won the 宝くじ

Fortnum & Mason 皇室の 妨害する, £5,000, is one of Fortnum and Mason's finest and comes with a wicker box emblazoned with the F&M logo

Fortnum & Mason 皇室の 妨害する

£5,000, (fortnumandmason.com)

For many people, the 妨害する that comes in a wicker box emblazoned with F&M is the ultimate ― and this is Fortnums’ finest. Fortnums say: ‘If we had one word to 述べる this 妨害する, it would be Magnificent’ ― which is just as it should be for five grand, I suppose. What you get for your money is 事実上 every 高級な food item you can think of: Beluga caviar, 老年の balsamic vinegar, foie gras with truffles, a mouth-watering jamon iberico from acorn-fed pigs, an 有機の Cropwell Bishop Baby Stilton … It also comes with some of the best ワインs and spirits money can buy. 加える, you’re left with the beautiful F&M 妨害する ― which is, for many, the whole point!

Harrods Decadence 妨害する, £20,000, comes in two leather trunks with some of the best ワインs in the world

Harrods Decadence 妨害する

£20,000, Harrods (harrods.com)

Perhaps you’ve sold your カザフ共和国 gold 地雷s, and the Fortnum’s 皇室の just doesn’t seem luxurious enough. 井戸／弁護士席, Harrods has the 妨害する for you.

There are so many 手渡す-選ぶd delicacies here that a wicker 妨害する wouldn’t fit them all in, so they come in t wo leather trunks. Some of the best ワインs in the world are 含むd, 同様に as rare Sijahtra Luwak Coffee, made from the 半分-digested dung of civet cats that have been fed coffee beans. You’ll also get 100-year-old Leonardi Gran Riserva Oro balsamic vinegar, Beluga and Oscietra caviar, a 十分な 脚 of cured Jamon Iberico and a mother-of-pearl caviar 始める，決める. にもかかわらず costing £20,000, 配達／演説／出産 is an extra £10!

New out this week

Booja Booja hazelnut crunch chocolate truffles, £3.99 for 69g, Waitrose is gluten, 酪農場 and soya-解放する／自由な

Booja Booja hazelnut crunch chocolate truffles, £3.99 for 69g, Waitrose

The Chocolate Truffle Collection is sold 冷気／寒がらせるd to 保存する 最大限 freshness and the mouth-watering chocs are 有機の and gluten, 酪農場 and soya-解放する／自由な.?

利用できる 排他的に at Waitrose, you’ll find them in the 冷気／寒がらせるd dessert aisle.

Extra Special Bucks Fizz Smoked Salmon, 120g, £3, Asda, has been smoked for 18 hours over oak 半導体素子s

Extra Special Bucks Fizz Smoked Salmon, 120g, £3, Asda

This salmon from the west coast and islands of Scotland has been smoked for 18 hours over oak and beechwood 半導体素子s before 存在 finished with French sparkling ワイン, fresh orange juice and zest.

Charlie Bigham’s Beef Bourguignon & Dauphinoise Potatoes, £8.50, Waitrose, is part of a line of three dishes

Charlie Bigham’s Beef Bourguignon & Dauphinoise Potatoes, 850g, £8.50, Waitrose

Part of a new line of three dishes, the other two 存在 beef stroganoff with rice and peri peri chicken with potato wedges, this is 最高の，を越す-notch 慰安 food for when you are too tired to cook. Just 追加する some green veg.?

Ben & Jerry’s Minter Wonderland, left, and?The 集団の／共同の Christmas Pud flavour live gourmet yogurt, 権利

Ben & Jerry’s Minter Wonderland and Joy To The 渦巻くd ice cream, £4.49, most major retailers

New out for Christmas, the first is a 造幣局 ice cream with dark chocolatey chunks, and the second is vanilla with caramel and chocolate fudge 渦巻くs.

The 集団の／共同の Christmas Pud flavour live gourmet yogurt, £2.39 for 500g and £1 for 150g, most major retailers

This 限られた／立憲的な 版 new flavour pairs 厚い and creamy yogurt made from West Country milk with Christmas compote, made of whole sultanas, warming winter spices and orange zest.

Tesco Rice, Noodle and Pasta マリファナs, £1.50, left, and?Boursin Cranberry & Pepper, £2.34, Asda and Ocado, 権利

Rice, Noodle and Pasta マリファナs, £1.50 for 300g, Tesco

In 冷淡な 天候, our usual working 挟む lunch loses its 控訴，上告. Instead, how about one of Tesco’s new 範囲 of hot lunches that just need three minutes in a microwave? 選択s 含む Teriyaki Chicken Noodles, Chicken Paella Rice マリファナ and Bolognese Pasta マリファナ.

Boursin Cranberry & Pepper, £2.34 for 150g, Asda and Ocado

限られた／立憲的な 版 扱う／治療するs with a Christmas 新たな展開 are a big thing this year, and this lovely spreadable cheese is one of the best. Spread it on celery for a low-carb Christmas cana p?.

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