Cheese me
All dressed up in a striking ceramic jar, Fortnum & Mason’s famous blue stilton gets a grandiose twist with heady truffle honey. Great to get, hard to give away. Truffle & Honey Stilton, 100g, £14.95, fortnumandmason.com
Star baker
Cinnamon-laced spiced almond biscuits with toasted meringue icing – AKA Christmas crack. Cinnamon star cookies, £6.50, konditorandcook.com
Well bread
The mother of all baking gifts, Brick House’s sourdough starter set kicks off their carb-loading career with a sourdough mother, cane banneton, organic flour, dough scraper and instruction booklet. Standard sourdough baking kit, £45, brickhousebread.com
Give a fig
Addictive organic apple, fig and balsamic chutney. Likes blue cheese, Gloucester ham and long walks on the beach. Fig and balsamic chutney, £6.99, daylesford.com
Block-a-choc
Award-winning chocolatier Paul A Young is renowned for his Christmassy choccy mash-ups (try the ludicrously decadent fudge brownie mince pies), and these filled chocolate boxes make for a splendid seasonal sweet treat – featuring ferociously festive flavours such as mulled wine; gold, frankincense and myrrh; and cranberry and goose fat caramel. Filled chocolate boxes, from £7 for four, paulayoung.co.uk (for orders outside of London, call 020 7437 0011)
Upper crustacean
A fabulously fishy olive oil in a snazzy rose-gold bottle, perfect for seafood salads, risotto, pasta, grilled fish, or pouring straight down your throat. Savor & Sens Très Or Olive Oil With Lobster, £13.95, harveynichols.com
Bittersweet booze
For when only an espresso martini will do. Mr Black’s cold brew coffee liqueur is handmade from top-grade arabica coffees and Australian wheat vodka, all served up in a cool graphic bottle. Mr Black Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur, £30, ocado.com
Jamón hamper
Brindisa’s box of delights packs in a proper foodie fiesta of traditional Spanish fine wines, cheeses, jamóns and sweet treats. Buen provecho. 30 Years Basket, £150, brindisa.com
