Top Gifts for Foodies - Christmas 2025

Sugar and spice and all things nice - these are our top 10 foodie gifts for Christmas.

1.Scandi Kitchen

Spread the gift of hygee this season with Scandi Kitchen. Featuring two stores in London’s Fitzrovia and Victoria as well as a nationwide online shop, it's a one-stop palace for all your Scandi needs from storecupboard essentials like rye crisp bread and cinnamon buns to popular Nordic sweets that always makes us Brits snigger - fancy a Plopp anyone? We tried the Scandi Kitchen gingerbread dough – which was so easy to roll out compared to my homemade efforts. We cut our gingerbread into reindeer and heart shapes with cookie cutters available on the website too. The results were a bumper batch of light, fluffy biscuits and a kitchen filled with all the best winter baking aromas. A bottle of their Glögg is bound to go down well with most foodies. They have a non-alcoholic version available too.

Gingerbread dough: £3.99

Blossa Vinglogg 10% – Mulled Wine 750ml - £13.99

Scandi Kitchen: Shop here

2.N25 Caviar

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Caviar’s been having a bit of a moment – from caviar bumps (trending thanks to Tik Tok), to high-lo restaurant pairings - from caviar and crisps at Fortnum & Masons to 'caviar schnuggets' at Bébé Bob and Jackson Boxer's caviar tagliolini. N25 Caviar rears old sturgeons for the highest quality roe, and experienced caviar master's then harvest at the perfect point of maturity and prepare it for ageing. Gift a round tub of this elite salty snack to any keen foodie and you can’t go wrong.

RRP: ranges from £90 to £515 for the XL. 

Buy: N25 Caviar

3.Tormek T-1 Kitchen Knife Sharpener

This Christmas, give your favourite foodie, home cook, or culinary perfectionist the gift that transforms the way they cook. Based on the same innovative sharpening system developed for professional kitchens, the Tormek T-1 Kitchen Knife Sharpener delivers a razor-sharp cutting edge and a durable angle to blades of any length. It comes fully assembled, featuring a diamond grinding wheel, composite honing wheel and a powder-coated zinc body, now in new linen white.

RRP: £350.00

Buy here

4.3Doodler 

Tech-savvy cooks will love this 3D printing pen. The 3Doodler Chef can add an eye-catching 3D element to your baking designs. Heat the multi-coloured candy capsules up and get creative. There are two different speeds and temperature controls and a nifty little plastic mat to create and mould your designs on. You can layer up to create 3D towers, flowers or anything your inner artist desires. You can also decorate directly on to your bakes from biscuits to cake-toppers.

RRP: £89.99

Buy: here

5.Potion De V Artisanal Pure Vanilla Extract in Bourbon

Woooaah! Vanilla just got an upgrade. This range of luxury vanilla essences in their vintage-looking bottles could easily be mistaken for perfume. Potion De V is made in small batches, exclusively using Grade A organic vanilla beans ethically-sourced directly from a farm in Madagascar (the ultimate Gold Standard in the world of vanilla beans). The vanilla essence is then carefully aged for over 12 months to create an ultimate vanilla hit and exceptional exotic aroma. The added notes of bourbon give this vanilla a festive upgrade too. Drizzle on your puddings, add to frostings and soak dessert bases all through the season. Merry Christmas indeed.

Potion De V Artisanal Pure Vanilla Extract in Bourbon

RPP £50

Buy: here

6.Tsuchime Knife Set of 3 (Western Handle)

A good cook needs good tools. Gift your kitchen king or queen this triple knife set and watch them swoon. It features three essential knives with hammered (Tsuchime) steel blades and Western handles for comfort and control. An excellent starter set for aspiring chefs and many chefs rate Japanese blades as superior.

RRP £100

Buy: Here

7.Moth Cocktail Party Pack

As far as ready made cocktails go we think Moth are some of the best on the shelves. This cute MOTH party pack makes a lovely pop-up party gift. We think teens will love these. Eighteen and upwards only of course. The pack includes eight of MOTH’s bestsellers: Mojito, Negroni, Spicy Margarita, Margarita, Espresso Martini, Passionfruit Martini, Cosmopolitan and Paloma. Each MOTH cocktail is made from premium spirits. Their Spicy Marg and Paloma scooped the top marks in our taste test.

MOTH: Cocktail Party Pack

RRP £22

Buy: Here

8.Cookery Masterclasses

Gift your favouite foodie a chance to polish their skills with a cookery course or experience.

Nobu London Old Park Lane’s Sushi Masterclass is made up of a chef-led demonstration and hands-on session making cut rolls, hand rolls, and nigiri, followed by a four-course Omakase tasting menu at the Sushi Counter. Yum!

At Xi Home Dumplings Bay in Spitalfields you can learn to make handmade pan-fried dumplings in their two-hour pan fried dumplings masterclass which runs on Sundays. At the end of the session, you'll get to can eat your creations (or take them home) and each budding dumpling chef will receive recipes and a certificate.

Pasta Evangalists offer a range of pasta making courses in their 'pasta academy'. Start with the beginners classes to hone how to make pasta from scratch and then you can move on to regional speciality focus from Sardinia to Naples.

Nobu London Old Park Lane’s Sushi Masterclass

Masterclasses run monthly, priced at £250. Vouchers can be redeemed via +44 207 447 4747 or london.reservations@noburestaurants.com. 

Xi Home Dumplings Bay Pan fried dumplings masterclass, from £49.46

Book here

Pasta Evangalists  cookery classes, from £68.

More info: Here

9. Ottolenghi Panettone Sour Cherry & Custard Panettone

Italy's classic Christmas bread makes a delightful gift for turning up to seasonal parties with. The Ottolenghi Panettone Sour Cherry & Custard is a cut above the rest. Made in Italy by artisan bakers Pasticceria Scarpato, this new sour cherry and custard panettone is the result of over 25 tastings. Deliciously light with added moistness thanks to the custard chunks, and the sweetness is offset by the sour tangy cherry cutting through.

£36

Buy: here

10. Top Christmas gifts for foodies: Gåva Gifting

Gift more mindfully this festive season with Gåva's re-fillable Christmas baubles. Pronounced gaw-vah, meaning 'gift' in Swedish, it’s time to embrace the Julkula (yul-koula) Christmas bauble.

The re-usable baubles are filled with delicious chocolate truffles and sweets. Measuring 8cm in diameter and made out of durable tin, these unique gifts are available individually or in sets of two or three. Perfect as a thoughtful present, bringing a touch of Scandinavian style to any home.

Even the simplest home-made treat feels like a luxury gift, once it's beautifully wrapped.

Baubles start at £9 for one and arrive pre-filled with sweets.

Buy here

Features Editor, Chatting Food: Jo Aspin

Jo Aspin is a freelance writer specialising in UK restaurants, travel, food and drink. She is also a Director at hospitality PR agency Amy Williams Consultancy, based in London.

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