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Christmas in a box
A slap-up Christmas dinner is one of the biggest joys of the season – but it requires a lot of time and effort. Thankfully, a whole host of chefs, restaurants and delivery services are offering a helping hand by putting together Christmas recipe kits, filled with all the ingredients you need for a seasonal feast, plus some top cooking tips. Read on for the best festive feast boxes to order for 2023.
Masterchef winner and judge Steven Wallis has teamed up with recipe box service Chefs For Foodies to create a DIY Christmas kit. All ingredients are sourced from British suppliers and family-run butchers, such as turkey breast wrapped in prosciutto ham, pigs in blankets, maple roasted carrots, and sage and onion stuffing.
Available to pre-order now, £139 for six people, chefsforfoodies.com
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Get a helping hand on Christmas Day with this DIY kit from French restaurant Côte’s delivery service. Inside you’ll find a marinated turkey breast, spiced red cabbage, creamy dauphinoise potatoes, pork and apricot stuffing and more, along with simple instructions for cooking. You can also choose to add a paired bottle of Chablis.
Available for delivery 14 – 23 December 2022, £89.95 for four to six people, coteathome.co.uk
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Yorkshire-based chef Tommy Banks is bringing back his festive boxes for 2022 through his premium delivery service, Made In Oldstead. The Christmas Day Beef Wellington Box contains everything you need for an indulgent four-course meal for the family, beginning with starters of beetroot and goat’s curd, plus smoked salmon and pickled fennel, followed by a salt aged beef wellington with all the trimmings. For dessert, it’s a chocolate, hazelnut and damson fondant.
From £175 for two people, madeinoldstead.co.uk
Food delivery service Abel & Cole is a pioneer in organic food, having been around since 1988. Order one of its boxes and you can rest assured it will be filled with high-quality, sustainably sourced produce, packaged in a returnable cardboard box as opposed to plastic. This festive season, try The Turkey Christmas Feast Box, which contains all the ingredients to whizz up a roast for six to eight people, including a KellyBronze turkey, honey roast parsnips, Yorkshire puddings and rosemary potatoes. It also comes with a magnum of prosecco and some sprigs of mistletoe to decorate the table with.
£205 for six to eight people, abelandcole.co.uk
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Recreate the signature fluffy pancakes from Where The Pancakes Are with one of the restaurant’s festive brunch boxes. The American Brunch Box comes with a pancake mix, alongside all the toppings: smoked bacon, organic eggs, butter, and Canadian maple syrup – perfect for breakfast on Christmas Day. Better still, it’s for a good cause. For each box sold, £3 will go towards the charities The Prince’s Countryside Fund or Hospitality Action.
£45pp, wherethepancakesare.com
Looking for a pescatarian alternative for Christmas day dinner? It’s luxury all the way with Rick Stein’s Lobster Box for Dishpatch. Enjoy a grilled scallops in hazelnut butter starter followed by lobster thermidor topped with herby Thermidor sauce and Parmesan, and a luxurious chocolate pavé for dessert. The dishes are easy to compile and heat at home, and melt-in-the-mouth delicious. Just add champagne for the perfect festive feast.
£68 a head, dishpatch.co.uk
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