The best Christmas food hampers for 2024

Score: 92/100

Paxton & Whitfield’s winning hamper is the ultimate gift for the avid cheese fan. Inside, they’ll find a selection of the brand’s exceptional cheeses, and all the accompaniments – crackers, toasts, fig balls and unique chutney – to make the perfect cheeseboard. Our testers also enjoyed the bottle of juicy merlot, and thought the shortbread was a nice touch too.

Score: 91/100

This hefty crate is packed with Daylesford’s best bits, to ensure they eat like royalty over the Christmas period. There’s so much to unpack, including red wine and fizz, smoked salmon, cheese and condiments.

However, if we had to pick a few favourites, the dill and mustard sauce is a must for the Christmas table (put it on everything from smoked salmon to the Boxing Day ham), while the fiery dark chocolate stem ginger biscuits are the dream dunker.

Score: 90/100

If you like the look of our winning Christmas hamper, but need an all-vegan alternative, look no further. This incredible box is carefully curated to ensure they don’t feel like a plant-based afterthought.

It contains a mix of sweet and savoury treats, with the gingerbread cake being described by one tester as, “out of this world amazing”. The orange and hibiscus tea is an elegant brew to serve alongside, and the decadent dark chocolate praline truffles were another special element that proved popular.

Score: 89/100

We love this slick black wicker basket from Harvey Nichols, bursting with unique products in the brand’s gorgeous modern packaging.

Our experts were particularly impressed with the mulled wine, and the cute tree decoration containing milk chocolate-covered almonds.

Elsewhere, the cherry and amaretto jam and spicy ginger biscuits, were exactly the type of standout gifts that elevate this to special occasion territory for foodies and families alike.

Score: 87/100

Dukeshill prides itself on championing artisan food and drink. Covering fresh produce, sweet treats and wine, highlights from its hamper include the generous ready-to-eat ham, a full-sized cheeseboard (complete with chutney, biscuits and paté) and the traditional, thick, buttery shortbread. That’s Boxing Day sorted!

Score: 87/100

Start the festivities as you mean to go on, with a basket specifically curated with Christmas Eve in mind. With a focus on cheese and wine, the savoury edit is just the thing to cosy up with the night before the big man arrives.

Tuck into chunks of creamy, truffled cheddar piled on top of sourdough crackers, add a slice of charcuterie, graze on crisps, and wash it all down with a warming glass of malbec. Bliss!

Score: 84/100

Creating the ultimate cheeseboard can prove tricky, so Snowdonia has done the hard work for you, curating four waxed cheese wheels — from the bold Black Bomber to a smoked beechwood — alongside crackers, a choice of chutneys and an easy drinking red.

The brand has even thrown in a slate board so you can present your goodies beautifully, and, as an extra bonus to round-off this cosy night in, there are a couple of bars of Willie Cocoa’s outstanding chocolate. A top choice for under £100!

Score: 83/100

There’s nothing Scrooge-like about this selection, which is a more affordable alternative to the Dukeshill hamper featured above.

There’s still a generous array of treats to enjoy, albeit with a slightly smaller ham better suited to bijou families, and no alcohol. The cocktail nuts, pork rillettes and smoked salmon make a delightful savoury selection to snack on over the festive period, and for sweet tooths, the ginger biscuit chocolate bar stood out.

Score: 83/100

Score massive brownie points with the whole tribe, with Cutter & Squidge’s family friendly Christmas hamper. It's all made in the brand's London bakery, and presented in a beautiful bright orange box, ready for gifting.

There’s a a bag of coffee, sweet chilli nuts and GHI Taste Approved yuzu and mango mince pies for the grown-ups; as well as cute hot chocolate stirrers, cookies and popcorn for the little ones (although we won’t tell if you don’t fancy sharing).

Score: 82/100

Abel & Cole’s organic selection is sure to get Christmas morning off to the best start with its array of brunch-ready bites. It's filled with all the essentials you need for a mimosa, plus ingredients to make an epic Severn & Wye smoked salmon and goat's cheese breakfast plate. For those with more of a sweet tooth, there’s panettone, and tea and coffee too.

Score: 78/100

Before creating any Fortnum & Mason hamper, the brand’s buyer puts real thought into the intended recipient and occasion, to ensure every item earns its place within. In this case, a cosy night in front of the fire was in mind, with biscuits for dipping into coffee; and pickles, olives, pate and condiments for grazing on throughout Twixmas.

Every beautifully packaged element feels like an extra special treat, and the iconic wicker basket will be treasured long after the last biscuit is eaten...

All the products are ambient too, making this a great gift to buy in advance, or for making a start on from 1st December (we won’t tell if you don’t).

Score: 78/100

Cotswolds bakery Huffkins has packaged up the best of its bakes, ready to be sent directly to your lucky recipient. You’ll find everything you need to create a stellar cheeseboard, including a knock-out extra mature cheddar and bloody Mary chutney. On the sweeter side, there’s tasty preserves, fudge and chocolates, with a bottle of rosé prosecco thrown in for good measure.

Score: 78/100

This well-priced hamper is a top choice, with change from £40. It’s stuffed with crowd-pleasing baked goods, all made in Yorkshire, including the traditional Yorkshire parkin, which for those unfamiliar, is a rich and sticky gingerbread cake, packed with warming festive spice.

Other highlights include the buttery millionaire's shortbread, and crisp cookies. All they’ll need to do is put the kettle on!

Score: 70/100

Countdown to Christmas in style with a selection of Biscuiteers' iconic iced gingerbread biscuits presented in a keepsake tin, alongside a bottle of Gusbourne’s exceptional English sparkling rosé. Immaculately presented, it’s easy to see why Biscuiteers remains such a firm favourite for gifting.